Legend Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” smashed the charts reaching #1.
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While observing a compass needle, scientist Hans Christian Ørsted discovered electromagnetism.
The Apollo 16 lunar module landed on the surface of the Moon.
The FBI arrested an American terrorist, Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing.
Brazil founded the city of Brasília and made it the nation's new capital city.
The Surgeon's Photograph, the most famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster, was published.