The Holy Roman Empire appointed a new supreme military commander, Albrecht von Wallenstein.
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Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
The Apollo 16 mission launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
Kendrick Lamar became the first rapper to win Pulitzer Prize.
