Navigator Ferdinand Magellan began his exploration of the Pacific Ocean.
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Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed British soldiers near Kilmichael in County Cork.
Women voted in a general election for the first time in New Zealand.
The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.
East Timor declared its independence from Portugal.
The US SM-65 Atlas missile completed the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
