Carl Nassib became the first openly-gay NFL player to play a regular-season game.
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The most memorable concert of the decade occurred at Wembley Stadium.
Louis St. Laurent resigned as the prime minister of Canada.
King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family fled their home at the beginning of the French Revolution.
The guitar that Kurt Cobain used during Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged in New York show sold for $6 million.
The British Army defeated Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
