Zayn Malik announced that he would be leaving the boyband One Direction.
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The Slave Trade Act was passed in the British Parliament.
Frederick Langenheim took the first photo of a solar eclipse.
Wayne Gretzky became the first and only player in NHL history to score 200 points in a season.
The first kidney transplant between two persons with HIV occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.