A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
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After 67 years of colonial rule, the Republic of Guinea gained independence from France.
English Protestant author William Tyndale published 'The Obedience of a Christian Man' in Antwerp, Belgium.
Three Russian cosmonauts returned from space after spending a record time of 237 days in orbit.
During the American Revolutionary War, John André, a British Army officer, was hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
French-Breton explorer Jacques Cartier discovered 'Mount Royal,' now known as Montreal, Canada.
