The Philippines gained its independence as a nation after 381 years of colonial rule.
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The Beatles were banned from the Philippines.
NASA's Pathfinder Space probe landed on Mars.
Huskar Mining Pit, located in Silkstone, England, flooded after heavy rainfall, killing 26 children.
Lewis Carroll told 10-year-old Alice Liddel a story that was the basis for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'
Scottish geologist James Hutton publicly read his theory on uniformitarianism for the first time at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
