Ferrari secured its first Grand Prix victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix.
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The French Revolution began when the Parisians invaded Bastille Prison.
A patent was granted to Robert Goddard for a liquid-filled rocket.
NASA's New Horizons space probe completed the first flyby of Pluto in the history of human spaceflight.
American outlaw Billy the Kid, also known as William H, Bonney was shot dead by police.
Lynne and William Jolitz released the Unix-like operating system 386BSD.