The satirical book “Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” by Robert Burns was published.
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Christians burned Beatles records because of John Lennon's negative comments about Jesus.
Christopher Columbus discovered Trinity Islands.
NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the Moon’s south pole.
Cliff Richard and The Drifters' single 'Living Doll' reached number one in the UK charts and stayed there for six weeks.
British explorer James Cook returned to England.
