Sir Frances Drake completed his famous circumnavigation of the world when he sailed into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind.
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Ed Whitlock became the world's first person over the age of 70 to run a marathon in under 3 hours.
The Beatles released Abbey Road, the last album they recorded before breaking up.
The World Health Organization announced that they would give measles vaccinations to 800,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The famous Parthenon building in Athens, Greece, was damaged due to an attack by the Venetian army attempting to remove Turks who turned the building into a mosque.
The US Congress abolished the gold dollar and three-dollar coins.