The Dutch Republic granted a charter for New Netherlands to the Dutch West India Company.
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The clothing website ASOS was established.
Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul,' hits No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart with her cover of Otis Redding's song, 'Respect.'
Canada announced that silver coins would be replaced with nickel.
NASA launched the second crewed mission of the Gemini Space Program, Gemini 4.
The oldest copy known of the Magna Carta was presented to the US.
