Stevie Wonder released his first single, “Fingertips,” at age 13.
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UNESCO recommended that Australia's Great Barrier Reef be listed as World Heritage Site 'in danger.'
English navigator Henry Hudson, his teenage son, and seven supporters set adrift aboard a tiny boat on the Hudson Bay.
Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to the murder of John Lennon in New York.
United States Naval Observatory astronomer James Christy discovered Pluto's largest moon.
American gangster John Dillinger died from gunshot wounds at age 31.