The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon’s surface.
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Writer, explorer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for suspected treason.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
An earthquake struck Valdivia, south-central Chile, which caused a tsunami that damaged Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Japan.
Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
