The Manchester Ship Canal started its construction in Eastham, England.
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British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, famous for writing The Lord of The Rings fantasy novels, published his second volume of the series, The Two Towers.
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
NASA launched the Gemini program's tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.
Chrysanthemums were believed to have been introduced from China to England.
Christopher Columbus discovered Sint Maarten in the West Indies.
