The American Declaration of Independence was publicly released in the Pennsylvania Evening Post.
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The Cosmic Call 2 mission occurred at the Eupatoria Planetary Radar in western Crimea.
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to 6 years in prison for murder.
The Forrest Gump movie was released in the US.
The US adopted the name 'dollars' and started using decimal coinage.
Pirate Captain Kidd was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts, US.