American construction worker Rodney King received $3.8 million in compensation after suffering police brutality on March 3, 1991.
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Captain James Cook sighted Australia for the first time.
The Treaty of Frankfurt was signed between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Protestants.
Prolific killer Charles Manson was sentenced to death by gas chamber.
Johnny Cash released his 'Ring of Fire' single.
The Warsaw Uprising involved Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resisting Nazi Germany during WWII.
