Three Russian cosmonauts returned from space after spending a record time of 237 days in orbit.
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After 67 years of colonial rule, the Republic of Guinea gained independence from France.
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court Justice.
French-Breton explorer Jacques Cartier discovered 'Mount Royal,' now known as Montreal, Canada.
After a 5-year voyage around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Charles Darwin returned to England.
