Malta gained independence from the United Kingdom.
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Rockband Green Day released their seventh album, 'American Idiot.'
Actor George Clooney crashed on a motorcycle.
Benedetto Odescalchi was elected as Pope Innocent XI.
The Great Fire of New York ended.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch stepped down as the chair of Fox and News Corp at the age of 92, choosing to pass the reins to his son, Lachlan.
