After being unearthed in South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond became the world’s largest.
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The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
A 60-ton decomposing whale exploded onto the busy streets of Taipei, Taiwan.
England's first female bishop of the Church of England, Libby Lane, was ordained.
Frank Sinatra performed to 175,000 people who paid to see him in Rio de Janeiro.
The Beaumont children, Jane, Arnna, and Grant, vanished from a beach in Adelaide, Australia, and were never found.
