The Second Battle of Newbury was fought in the English Civil War.
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Gliese 229B became the first brown dwarf to be seen and identified by astronomers.
Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
ABC premiered Walt Disney's first TV show, 'Disneyland.'
Inventor Fred Waller patented the aquaplane, which would become water skis.
NASA's Saturn I rocket was tested for the first time in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
