French aviator Élisabeth Thible became the first woman to fly an untethered hot air balloon.
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The Beatles started their world tour.
The Sci-Fi movie 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' was released in the US.
The oldest known recording of a solar eclipse from China was reported.
Winston Churchill presented his famous speech 'We Shall Fight on the Beaches.'
The US used a national minimum wage for the first time in Massachusetts.
