The satirical book “Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” by Robert Burns was published.
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The country of Georgia joined the United Nations shortly after the country became independent.
Christopher Columbus discovered Trinity Islands.
NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the Moon’s south pole.
The Rolling Stones began the first of two concerts in Ireland.
Nobleman John Komnenos the Fat attempted to steal the imperial throne from Alexios III Angelos.
