Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico on his second voyage.
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The University of Warsaw, Poland, was founded as a Royal University following the Partitions of Poland.
Television broadcasting company CBS banned a Calvin Klein Jeans advertisement.
One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
The People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
The British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson became Britain's Poet Laureate.
