The Second Battle of Newbury was fought in the English Civil War.
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Turkmenistan declared independence from the Soviet Union.
Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
NASA's Saturn I rocket was tested for the first time in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
The first successful operation of conjoined twins joined at the head was completed in New Delhi, India.
Riots broke out in Paris, France, after two Muslim teenagers were electrocuted trying to evade police.
