The Beatles’ album “VI” topped the Billboard charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks.
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NASA launched Telstar 1, the world's first active communications satellite.
A chemical factory in Seveso, near Milan, Italy, exploded, covering surrounding areas in dioxin.
Louis XVI of France declared war on Great Britain during the American Revolution.
The British newspaper, News of the World, published its last-ever edition following a phone-hacking scandal.
The Battle of Dyrrhachium occurred.
