The satirical book “Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” by Robert Burns was published.
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Michael Phelps broke the world record for the most medals won at the Olympics.
British explorer James Cook returned to England.
Christopher Columbus discovered Trinity Islands.
Nobleman John Komnenos the Fat attempted to steal the imperial throne from Alexios III Angelos.
NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the Moon’s south pole.
