The English navy defeated the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines.
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Sir Robert Baden-Powell established the Boys Scouts in England.
David Berkowitz, otherwise known as the Son of Sam serial killer, shot his first victims.
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer got married at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France for the third time in a row.
Renegades of the Abbasid Caliphate captured Thessalonica, which is modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece.
