French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium.
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A Mongol horde led by Batu Khan conquered and sacked the Russian city of Ryazan.
Elton John and his partner David Furnish registered their civil partnership at Windsor Town Hall on the first day civil partnerships could legally be performed in England.
The first manned Moon voyage, the Apollo 8, launched with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders.
The groundbreaking TV soap opera 'Sua Vida Me Pertence' premiered in Brazil.
Antonov An-255 Mriya, the largest airplane in the world, flew for the first time.
