The Manchester Ship Canal started its construction in Eastham, England.
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NASA launched the Gemini program's tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.
Washington became the 42nd state to join the United States of America.
Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.
Pope Innocent III brought together the council for the Fourth Council of the Lateran, which was held at the Lateran Palace in Rome, Italy.
Christopher Columbus discovered Sint Maarten in the West Indies.
