Major Gordon Laing became the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
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There were sightings of a giant sea serpent in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
President Donald Trump announced that he might want to buy Greenland and claim it for the US.
North Carolina, US, was hit by hurricane Bob.
The United States Exploring Expedition set sail.
James Meredith became the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
