1789: Mutiny on the HMS Bounty; British sailors decide they prefer frisky, bare-breasted girls on a lush tropical island over scurvy, seasickness and the possibility of being eaten by sharks.
1967: Muhammad Ali declines an invitation to be all that he can be in the U.S. Army.
2001: Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist; his luggage becomes the first to be lost in space.
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