Navigator Ferdinand Magellan began his exploration of the Pacific Ocean.
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Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher, handed in her resignation to the Queen and stepped down after being prime minister for 11 years.
Women voted in a general election for the first time in New Zealand.
The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.
The female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read were found guilty of piracy.
England and France formally recognized Hawaii's independence.
