Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom opened at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida.
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King Henry VIII became the head of the Church of England.
Inventor Elisha Otis acquired a patent for a steam engine for elevators.
Wikipedia was launched.
A Chinese Long March rocket launched the Belarussian government's Belintersat-1 satellite into orbit.
The world-famous Swan Lake ballet premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.
