Legend Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” smashed the charts reaching #1.
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Climate change activist Greta Thunberg gave a speech in London, leading to protests across the city for four days.
The Apollo 16 lunar module landed on the surface of the Moon.
American Psychologist Timothy Leary and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry were launched into orbit after being cremated.
The FBI arrested an American terrorist, Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing.
American singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone died at 70 from breast cancer.
