Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire – a day before India’s independence.
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SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft carrying the first supercomputer to space.
Singapore opened the world's first Summer Youth Olympics Games.
The New York Eye Infirmary opened, and it was the first specialty hospital of its kind in the western hemisphere.
A rainbow lasting three hours was recorded over the Gwynedd coast in Wales.
After being in construction for 632 years, the Cologne Cathedral was completed.
