The UK’s Prince Harry published Spare, his tell-all memoir on his upbringing with the Royal Family.
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China lifted martial law.
Julius Caesar and his armies crossed the Rubicon River, an act that directly led to the Roman Civil War.
The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.
Petra Schneider set a world record by swimming 1,500 meters freestyle in just 15:43:31.
Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus and became the twentieth pope of Rome.