Christians burned Beatles records because of John Lennon’s negative comments about Jesus.
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Michael Phelps broke the world record for the most medals won at the Olympics.
The Rolling Stones began the first of two concerts in Ireland.
The satirical book 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect' by Robert Burns was published.
Samuel Hopkins was awarded the first US patent.
NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the Moon’s south pole.
