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.
Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris, France.
After a 5-year voyage around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Charles Darwin returned to England.
French-Breton explorer Jacques Cartier discovered 'Mount Royal,' now known as Montreal, Canada.
The classic children's book 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter was published in London, England.