Following the fall of the Umayyads, the city of Baghdad, Iraq, was founded by caliph Al-Mansur the Islamic Ruler.
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Metallica released their single 'Enter Sandman.'
Vanuatu gained its independence from the Anglo-French Condominium.
Abraham Lincoln issued an order called 'eye-for-eye,' allowing Union soldiers to one rebel prisoner for every black prisoner the Confederacy shot.
Volkswagen stopped production of the old VW Beetle.
NASA's Apollo 15 Lunar mission landed on the Moon's surface with the first Lunar Rover.
