During the American Revolutionary War, John André, a British Army officer, was hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
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Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court Justice.
After a 5-year voyage around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Charles Darwin returned to England.
British rock band Oasis released their second album, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'
The classic children's book 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter was published in London, England.
English Protestant author William Tyndale published 'The Obedience of a Christian Man' in Antwerp, Belgium.