The British Museum in London was established after King George II gave his Royal assent to parliament.
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The US and Britain signed the Lyons-Seward Treaty.
The USSR's Venera 16 probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a trip to Venus.
The Day of the Tiles took place.
The First Crusaders successfully sieged Jerusalem and took it from the Fatimid Caliphate.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
