The Beatles released their very first album, “Please Please Me.”
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Four people died, and at least twenty were injured in a terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament in London.
America built the first rocket to reach an altitude of 50 miles (80 km).
The New York Horticultural Society was founded.
The super-bright comet 'Hale-Bopp' reached its closest point to Earth at a distance of 1.215 AU, making it visible to the naked eye.
The iconic Niagara Falls waterfall ran out of water during a drought.
