The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
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Several internal explosions inside Britain's HMS Vanguard battleship occurred at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Oil tanker 'Exxon Valdez' runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found in the Black Sea became the world's oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.
An atomic submarine circumnavigated the globe.
The Great White Fleet began its worldwide navigation.
