A coup d’etat in Togo ends with the assassination of the president Sylvanus Olympio

The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain.

The Anglo-Zulu War starts.

The world’s oldest underground railway (London) opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.

Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson gets a state funeral and is then interred in St Paul’s Cathedral.

The African National Congress is founded.

Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons.

Nancy Kerrigan is attacked the USA Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.

The “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.