Explorer Captain James Cook arrived at Botany Bay in Australia.
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Vice President Richard Nixon started a goodwill tour in South America to show that the US was committed to the region.
Flight attendant Clarabelle 'C.B.' Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
Mohammed Daoud Khan, the President of Afghanistan, was assassinated in a coup.
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was founded.
