The first Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, was arrested for high treason in England.
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North and South Vietnam were formally reunified after more than twenty years of war.
The International Astronomical Union named Pluto's fourth and fifth moons Kerberos and Styx.
American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared.
Martin Luther was almost struck by lightning and became a monk.
The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
