The EU banned all British beef exports due to the risks of carrying “mad cow disease.”
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Frederick Langenheim took the first photo of a solar eclipse.
The Slave Trade Act was passed in the British Parliament.
Wayne Gretzky became the first and only player in NHL history to score 200 points in a season.
The world's first fully-functional space shuttle, Columbia, was delivered to the JFK Space Center.
Qantas flight QF9 became the first to fly nonstop from Australia to the UK.
