The “I Robot” collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov was published by Genome Press in the US.
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NASA's Endeavour Space Shuttle was launched through Mission STS-61.
Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned the Emperor of France in Paris.
Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovered a 1.4 million-year-old Homo erectus in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
The United Kingdom became the first country to legalize the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine.
The Battle of Tirad Pass was fought.