Piero the Unfortunate was stripped of his title of Lord of Florence, Italy, and exiled.
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NASA launched the Apollo 4 test spacecraft to test the Saturn V rocket for the first time.
Beyoncé received her 99th Grammy nomination, becoming the most nominated artist in Grammy history.
The European Space Agency launched the Venus Express, the first European spacecraft to reach Venus.
The Berlin Wall began to fall.
The Stockholm Bloodbath came to an end when the final executions took place.
