Richard I took to the throne as King of England.
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South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.
Pirate Captain Kidd was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
The American Declaration of Independence was publicly released in the Pennsylvania Evening Post.
The Cosmic Call 2 mission occurred at the Eupatoria Planetary Radar in western Crimea.
The US adopted the name 'dollars' and started using decimal coinage.
