Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope under the name Pope Benedict XVI.
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Grace Kelly married Rainier III, the Prince of Monaco.
Captain James Cook sighted Australia for the first time.
Charles Darwin, who taught the world the theory of evolution by natural selection, died at 73 years old.
The Warsaw Uprising involved Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resisting Nazi Germany during WWII.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord began, which kicked off the American Revolutionary War between 1775 & 1783.
