The Dalai Lama received political asylum in India after fleeing from China.
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Someone tried to shoot President Ronald Reagan.
The Heinkel He 100 fighter set a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
Vincent van Gogh's famous painting 'Sunflowers' was sold for an incredible $39.7 million, the most ever paid for a painting.
North Carolina repealed its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use.
An orbital-class rocket was successfully reused for the first time.