1581 Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard Golden Hind at Deptford.
1900 Assassination attempt on Prince of Wales, later British King Edward VII when shot by Jean-Baptiste Sipido in protest over Boer war.
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed in Washington, D.C.
1973 World Trade Center, then the world's tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories). Later destroyed in 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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