Richard I took to the throne as King of England.
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The first successful rabies vaccine was successfully tested on a 9-year-old boy in France.
The Nigerian Civil War began when Nigerian troops invaded Biafra.
Catholic Saint Sir Thomas More was executed for treason by King Henry VIII.
The American Declaration of Independence was publicly released in the Pennsylvania Evening Post.
The US adopted the name 'dollars' and started using decimal coinage.
