British prime minister Margaret Thatcher won elections for a record third term.
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President John F. Kennedy gained an honorary degree from Yale University.
Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of the schoolhouse door, refusing entry to two African American students.
King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon.
American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth's orbit atop a Delta II rocket.
