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.
Disney bought Capital Cities, ABC, and ESPN for $19 billion.
Christopher Columbus discovered Trinity Islands.
NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the Moon’s south pole.
The satirical book 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect' by Robert Burns was published.