American leading figure Benjamin Franklin created the Franklin Stove.
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After narrowly escaping a shipwreck, British explorer Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
The Rolling Stones hit single 'Paint It Black' reached number 1 in the US.
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher won elections for a record third term.
King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon.
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into Earth's orbit atop a Delta II rocket.
