Nicki Minaj’s Super Freaky Girl debuted at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100.
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Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Scottish knight William Wallace was executed for treason by being hung, drawn, and quartered by order of King Edward I of England.
French explorer Jacques Cartier arrived in the city of Quebec during his third voyage to Canada.
India became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) was founded with 147 churches from 44 countries.