Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
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George Washington started his 220-mile journey to become the first President of the United States.
Kendrick Lamar became the first rapper to win Pulitzer Prize.
The Holy Roman Empire appointed a new supreme military commander, Albrecht von Wallenstein.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
The Apollo 16 mission launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
