The coronation of King Edward I occurred at the Westminster Abbey in England.
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Russia's Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.
Adolphe Célestin Pégoud became Europe's first man to use a parachute.
The Battle of Knockdoe occurred in County Galway, Ireland.
The Soviets shot down the plane of an American CIA agent, and the pilot was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The first eclipse observation from a hot air balloon took place at 11,500 feet altitude by Dmitri Mendeleev in Russia.
