Jefferson Davis becomes the president of the Confederacy, Pluto is discovered, a cow flies, the first Church of Scientology is formed, the Chicago Seven are found not guilty, and Dale Earnhardt dies at the Daytona 500, all on this day.
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1933: Singer and performance artist Yoko Ono, best known for her marriage to John Lennon and her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking, is born in Tokyo, Japan.