Nutella appeared on store shelves in Alba, Italy, and became an instant success.
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Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis began his journey to Lapland to plot the shape of the Earth.
Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 craft to an altitude of 34 miles (54.6 km).
Oliver Cromwell dissolved England's Rump Parliament.
The first official performance of Macbeth by Shakespeare took place at the Globe Theatre in London, England.
