Elvis Presley performed his final performance in Indianapolis, Indiana, US.
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Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
The US Navy's Vanguard SLV-2 launch vehicle failed to reach Earth's orbit.
William IV became king of The United Kingdom and Hanover until his death in 1837.
President Bill Clinton ordered a US cruise missile strike on Iraq.
The first Harry Potter book, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,' hit the shelves in the UK.
