Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai became the first African female to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Kepler's Supernova was discovered.
The Franklin National Bank closed due to fraud, the largest US bank to fail at the time.
Inventor Percy L. Spencer patented the Microwave Oven.
The Treaty of Ried was signed between Bavaria and Austria.
John Lennon's most iconic hit, 'Imagine,' was released in the UK.
