The UK’s Prince Harry published Spare, his tell-all memoir on his upbringing with the Royal Family.
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Maya Angelou became the first African American woman featured on a US quarter.
The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.
Indian Assam Tea was brought to the United Kingdom for the very first time.
London Underground was opened, making it the world’s oldest underground railway system.
Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
