The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.
This was the first submarine incident of its kind.
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The Slave Trade Act was passed in the British Parliament.
The world's first fully-functional space shuttle, Columbia, was delivered to the JFK Space Center.
The first kidney transplant between two persons with HIV occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
The world's largest banana split was made in Innisfail, Australia.
Frederick Langenheim took the first photo of a solar eclipse.
