Great Britain claimed South Georgia Island after Argentina surrendered following the Falklands War.
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Rapper Ice Cube married Kimberly Woodruff.
The official secret police force of Nazi Germany, the Gestapo, was established.
A meteorite shower caused thousands of meteor fragments to fall in L'Aigle, France.
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.
