John Wesley opened the first Methodist Church in the US.
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Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, was shot at point-blank range on the busiest road in Sweden.
A Duke University neuroscientist connected two rat brains together over the internet.
The UN released a report warning that 14% of Earth's species face a very high risk of extinction.
The twisted ladder structure of DNA was discovered.
The erroneous word 'Dord' was added to Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition.