Malta gained independence from the United Kingdom.
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Actor George Clooney crashed on a motorcycle.
In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeated Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
The survival movie 'Into the Wild,' starring Emile Hirsch, premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan gave $3 billion to fight and end all diseases.
A report published claimed that the fossils of Dickinsonia were the oldest animals to roam the planet.
