Greece won its first UEFA Euro Cup after beating Portugal in the final 1-0.
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Scottish geologist James Hutton publicly read his theory on uniformitarianism for the first time at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The Beach Boys reached #1 on the Billboard charts with their single 'I Get Around.'
Chinese astronomers reported the brightest supernova known to man.
NASA's Pathfinder Space probe landed on Mars.
Huskar Mining Pit, located in Silkstone, England, flooded after heavy rainfall, killing 26 children.
