NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.
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SpaceX became the first private company to launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft.
Metallica became the first band to have performed on all seven continents when they held a concert in Antarctica.
Abraham Lincoln issued his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
Henry Laurens became the first person to be cremated in the US.
The Clifton Suspension Bridge was finally opened.
