Metallica released their single “Enter Sandman.”
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The USS Indianapolis vessel was torpedoed and sunk.
Following the fall of the Umayyads, the city of Baghdad, Iraq, was founded by caliph Al-Mansur the Islamic Ruler.
Vanuatu gained its independence from the Anglo-French Condominium.
NASA's Apollo 15 Lunar mission landed on the Moon's surface with the first Lunar Rover.
Former US Army Private Chelsea Manning was convicted on 17 espionage charges.