Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

1770 The Source Of The Nile

James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the River Nile

1851 Moby Dick Published

Moby-Dick, the novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.

1973 A Royal Wedding

Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

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