America’s second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Second Anglo-Dutch War began as England fought the Dutch republic for the control of seas and trade routes.
Vermont became the 14th state to join the United States of America.
John Lennon made a controversial statement saying that the Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus.'
France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
