Following the fall of the Umayyads, the city of Baghdad, Iraq, was founded by caliph Al-Mansur the Islamic Ruler.
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Volkswagen stopped production of the old VW Beetle.
Metallica released their single 'Enter Sandman.'
Host nation Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo to win the first FIFA World Cup.
NASA's Apollo 15 Lunar mission landed on the Moon's surface with the first Lunar Rover.
Abraham Lincoln issued an order called 'eye-for-eye,' allowing Union soldiers to one rebel prisoner for every black prisoner the Confederacy shot.
