Tajikistan declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
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Grace Hopper fell victim to the first-ever computer bug after removing a moth from her Harvard Mark II computer.
Queen Elizabeth II became Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch in history.
American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Jupiter's fifth moon.
The Handsworth riots began in Birmingham, England, after a man was arrested near Acapulco Café, Lozells.
NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle launched from Florida on its 19th mission, STS-64.
