Christians burned Beatles records because of John Lennon’s negative comments about Jesus.
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Cliff Richard and The Drifters' single 'Living Doll' reached number one in the UK charts and stayed there for six weeks.
The first edition of the script for 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' was published.
British explorer James Cook returned to England.
The satirical book 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect' by Robert Burns was published.
Samuel Hopkins was awarded the first US patent.
