Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
Source
The Argentinian city of Salta was founded as an outpost between Buenos Aires, Peru, and Lima.
An earthquake destroyed the city of San Salvador.
The Apollo 16 mission launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
The Texas City industrial incident occurred, killing 536 people.
