Louis XVI of France declared war on Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Source
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
The Scopes Monkey Trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
Aviator Howard Hughes started his around-the-world flight.
Nazi forces moved on Britain for the first time after attacking shipping containers in the English Channel.
Erden Eruç began the world's first successful solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
