The World Council of Churches (WCC) was founded with 147 churches from 44 countries.
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The first-ever photograph was taken of the Earth from the surface of the Moon.
The largest farm worker strike in US history began.
Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
India became the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.
Scottish knight William Wallace was executed for treason by being hung, drawn, and quartered by order of King Edward I of England.
