Saint John I became the Catholic Pope.
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South Park premiered on Comedy Central, with the first episode titled 'Cartman Gets an Anal Probe.'
After parading around New York City, the Apollo 11 crew was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Black soldiers were blamed for raiding a bar in Brownsville, Texas, US.
Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani became the world’s first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.
The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper was published for the first time.