Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his “Swan Lake” ballet.
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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world's first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.
The Paris Agreement was opened for signatures.
The final gasps of the Crab Head nebula were observed as it went supernova.
A controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was approved by the UK's parliament.