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Starting event: The Antonov An-225 Mriya makes its first flight (1988)

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  1. 48 BC
    History

    Pompey was killed by Lucius Septimius at Pelusium in Egypt

  2. 1146
    Politics

    French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux preached a sermon to a crowd at a council in Vézelay, with King Louis VII in attendance, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade

  3. 1209
    Politics

    Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III

  4. 1760
    War

    French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort is raided and burned

  5. 1790
    War

    The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies

  6. 1810
    History

    Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, better known as "Für Elise" , one of his most popular compositions

  7. 1874
    Birth

    Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer, is born

  8. 1882
    Sport

    Tottenham Hotspur F.C. is founded

  9. 1898
    Birth

    George Gershwin, American composer and pianist, is born

  10. 1924
    Landmarks

    Barcelona Metro officially opens

  11. 1935
    History

    The United States Supreme Court ruled in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States that the National Industrial Recovery Act, a major component of the New Deal, was unconstitutional

  12. 1960
    Film

    Breathless, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, is released

  13. 1971
    Landmarks

    Munich U-Bahn officially opens

  14. 1982
    Science

    Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England

  15. 1984
    Books

    Milan Kundera publishes The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  16. 1988
    AviationStarting event

    The Antonov An-225 Mriya makes its first flight

  17. 1994
    Film

    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, directed by Tom Shadyac, is released

  18. 1998
    Disaster

    Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11

  19. 2000
    Music

    Linkin Park releases the album Hybrid Theory

  20. 2009
    Music

    Rammstein releases the album Liebe ist für alle da

  21. 2012
    Transport

    At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt