Queen Elizabeth II personally opened the 23rd parliamentary session in Canada, the first and only time for her.
Source
NASA's space probe Magellan burned in the Venus atmosphere.
William the Conqueror defeated English forces at The Battle of Hastings.
US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first-ever person to break the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 at 662 miles per hour.
Up to 125,000 people marched in the first LGBT civil rights march in Washington, D.C.
Queen Elizabeth II officially reopened London's Euston Railway Station.
