Mike Tyson won a technical knockout against Pinklon Thomas, winning the heavyweight boxing title.
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Henry III became the King of France.
The US Mariner 9 was launched – it went on to become the first satellite to orbit Mars.
The Angry Brigade went to trial.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit northern Afghanistan, which killed around 5,000 people.
The first 1,000 Royal Air force bomber raid dropped 38 thousand tons of bombs on Cologne, Germany.
