Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
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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.
Michael Jordan played in his final NBA game.
George Washington started his 220-mile journey to become the first President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln outlawed business with the Confederate States during the Civil War.