The English navy defeated the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines.
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David Berkowitz, otherwise known as the Son of Sam serial killer, shot his first victims.
King George VI officially opened the 11th modern-day Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.
Renegades of the Abbasid Caliphate captured Thessalonica, which is modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece.
Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.
Arc de Triomphe in Paris became the world's largest triumphal arch at 164 ft tall.
