The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
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Writer, explorer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for suspected treason.
Queen Elizabeth I was coronated and re-established the protestant Church of England.
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.
An earthquake struck Valdivia, south-central Chile, which caused a tsunami that damaged Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Japan.
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon's surface.
