Korean Air Flight 801 crashed while approaching Guam airport, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard.
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Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupted for the first time in 115 years.
The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
After being the first man to sail the world non-stop in the wrong direction, Chay Blyth returned to the UK.
World Resources Institute reported that a quarter of the world's population is running out of water.
Portugal and the Dutch Republic signed the Treaty of The Hague.
