The People’s Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
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The British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson became Britain's Poet Laureate.
One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
A meteorite weighing 8kg landed southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
Television broadcasting company CBS banned a Calvin Klein Jeans advertisement.
The Nintendo Wii was released in the US.
