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2021

Halima Cisse of Mali gives birth to nonuplets (nine babies) in Morocco, the third known case in the world.

2002

Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run with the San Francisco Giants. Bonds is the first player to have hit 400 home runs for one team and 100 for another (the Pirates).

1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1959

The first Grammy Awards ceremony, honoring the best musicians and singers, takes place in the United States.

1953

Ernest Hemingway receives the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for The Old Man & The Sea.

1949

A plane carrying the Serie A soccer team Torino crashes near Turin, Italy, killing 31 people. Torino is awarded the league title at the request of its rivals.