Yohl Ik’nal ascended to the throne of Palenque, making her the first queen regnant in Maya history.
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Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first human kidney transplant at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, who was serving a life sentence for the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford, escaped from Alderson Prison.
The novel 'Emma' by Jane Austen was first published.
Vincent van Gogh cut his left ear off with a razor after an argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin.
After eleven months of imprisonment, 83 men from the US Navy were released by North Korea.
