Great Britain claimed South Georgia Island after Argentina surrendered following the Falklands War.
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Rapper Ice Cube married Kimberly Woodruff.
William Shakespeare was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
The Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded, killing 31 people and spreading contamination across Western Europe.
Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus made his first observation of Saturn.
The Treaty of London was signed by Italy, Britain, France, and Russia.
