The Everly Brothers broke up after Phil Avery smashed guitar and stormed off stage.
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English composer Henry Purcell was appointed organist of the Chapel Royal, London.
NASA's New Horizons space probe completed the first flyby of Pluto in the history of human spaceflight.
Ferrari secured its first Grand Prix victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix.
The French Revolution began when the Parisians invaded Bastille Prison.
Alpinists reached the summit of Matterhorn for the first time.
