Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world’s first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
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The Paris Agreement was opened for signatures.
Twenty million Americans mobilized to call for greater protections for our planet. This became the world's first Earth Day.
The final gasps of the Crab Head nebula were observed as it went supernova.
Michael Moorer claimed the heavyweight boxing title after smashing Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, US.
Edward & Sarah Bishop and seven others were examined by Magistrates in Salem, Massachusetts, for witchcraft.