Quebec held a referendum on whether to begin negotiations with Canada to become independent.
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After decades of failed attempts to reach the Indies, Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut, India.
Hard Job Being God, a Broadway musical, closed at the Edison Theater NYC after six performances.
The Pictish armies of King Bridei Mac Bili won a decisive victory over the armies of Northumbria at the Battle of Dun Nechtain.
The chandelier of the Palais Garnier Opera House broke, and its debris fell on a crowd.
Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in London.
