A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
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Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court Justice.
American spy thriller TV series 'Homeland' first aired on Showtime.
After a 5-year voyage around the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Charles Darwin returned to England.
After 67 years of colonial rule, the Republic of Guinea gained independence from France.
The classic children's book 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter was published in London, England.
