Great Britain claimed South Georgia Island after Argentina surrendered following the Falklands War.
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Singer Rod Stewart was robbed at gunpoint.
A Texas resident narrowly avoided a felony after forgetting to return a VHS rental tape after 22 years.
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.
