COVID-19 claimed the life of comedian Eddie Large from “Little and Large.”
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The Falklands War broke out between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands and lasted ten weeks.
Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.