The English transport ship Duke William sank in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
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Sir Francis Drake set sail from England on a circumnavigation of the world.
Pope Celestine V resigned after just five months in the job to return to his life as an ascetic hermit.
A civil rights protest march in Washington, D.C., took place.
Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, was released.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was released in theaters in the US.
