The first-ever cricket County Championship started, finishing with Yorkshire beating Gloucestershire.
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Juan María Fernández y Krohn tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
Jimi Hendrix released 'Are You Experienced,' which is considered one of the most influential debut albums ever.
The US Commerce Department decided that hurricane names would no longer be only female.
The first confirmed trip to the North Pole was carried out by the Norge, a semi-rigid Italian-built airship.
One hundred and forty thousand miners went on strike in Pennsylvania.
