Nikephoros II Phokas was crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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NASA launched its Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers mission (AMPTE) from the Cape Canaveral launch pad.
Edwin Prescott was awarded a patent for the vertical loop Roller Coaster.
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.
Georgian heavyweight-lifting champion Lasha Talakhadze smashed a world record by lifting an incredible 473 kg.
More than 1,200 tin homes were destroyed after a fire broke out in the Chalantika slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
