The coronation of King Edward I occurred at the Westminster Abbey in England.
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The Soviets shot down the plane of an American CIA agent, and the pilot was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
A battle at sea between USS Constitution and British HMS Guerriere occurred 400 miles off Nova Scotia.
The first photos to reveal that the Aral Sea was shrinking were taken by NASA.
African American almanac author Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson asking for justice for African Americans.
All local Jews had to submit their books through King James I to be investigated.
