NASA launched the Apollo 4 test spacecraft to test the Saturn V rocket for the first time.
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The Mayflower, filled with Puritan Pilgrims, spotted land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Piero the Unfortunate was stripped of his title of Lord of Florence, Italy, and exiled.
In San Diego, California, SeaWorld announced that it would phase out its orca shows following protests.
The European Space Agency launched the Venus Express, the first European spacecraft to reach Venus.
George Bruce received the first US design patents for typefaces and bordering.
