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St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
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The Battle of Bosworth Field death of Richard III and end of the House of Plantagenet.
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Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors.
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Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam
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James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia
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King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
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Southwestern food is born!
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Austria launched pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice.
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The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
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Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
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Cadillac Motor Company founded
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Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
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Japan illicitly annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon.
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Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered
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World War I: In Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
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The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting
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American football coach
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World War II: Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy inset: Brazil's WWII Memorial
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English snooker player [Amy doesn%u2019t know what this is but thought it sounded fun!]
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An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
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The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
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J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
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Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
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A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
