Robert Walpole gained the title of first Prime Minister of Britain.
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NASA announced the astronauts for the first trip to the moon in over 50 years.
The world's first portable computer was announced at the West Coast Computer Faire.
President George Washington received an honorary law degree from Harvard College.
Robert Ford killed American outlaw Jesse James in St Joseph, Missouri.
11.5 million private documents were leaked and became known as The Panama Papers.