Explorer Captain James Cook arrived at Botany Bay in Australia.
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Maryland became the 7th state to join the United States of America.
Flight attendant Clarabelle 'C.B.' Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
The Treaty of San Francisco took effect.
Space welcomed its first tourist from Earth.
Vice President Richard Nixon started a goodwill tour in South America to show that the US was committed to the region.
