The first photo of the moon was taken by John Draper in New York City.
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Pope John Paul II proclaimed the day as the first-ever World Youth Day.
King Richard III of England was reburied at Leicester Cathedral, England.
A Dutch art investigator recovered Pablo Picasso's stolen 'Buste de Femme' painting. It had been missing for 20 years.
East Pakistan declared its independence from Pakistan, forming Bangladesh.
The US tested the TX-17 thermonuclear bomb for the first time in Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands.