Greece won its first UEFA Euro Cup after beating Portugal in the final 1-0.
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Lewis Carroll told 10-year-old Alice Liddel a story that was the basis for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'
NASA's Pathfinder Space probe landed on Mars.
President Thomas Jefferson announced the Louisiana Purchase to the public.
North Korea tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Scottish geologist James Hutton publicly read his theory on uniformitarianism for the first time at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.