The Rolling Stones had their first performance at the Marquee Club in London.
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NASA's Atlantis space shuttle took off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-104.
Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was shot in a pistol duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.
The Saxon King Æthelstan of Southern England was the first successful king to take over Northern England.
Under the rule of King Charles II of England, the Habeas Corpus Parliament was dissolved.
Seven people were killed when a French passenger train derailed in Brétigny-Sur-Orge.
