American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
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The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth's orbit atop a Delta II rocket.
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg was released.
Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of the schoolhouse door, refusing entry to two African American students.
After narrowly escaping a shipwreck, British explorer Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon.
