Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
Happend on 16. August 1966
Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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