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Starting event: The video game Super Mario Bros. 2 is released (1988)

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  1. 484 BC
    Religion

    Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome

  2. 1506
    Birth

    Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic saint and missionary, is born

  3. 1603
    Exploration

    English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason

  4. 1766
    Politics

    As part of wider food riots, citizens in Nottingham, England, looted large quantities of cheese; one man was killed during attempts to restore order

  5. 1790
    History

    Inaugural Fête de la Fédération is held to celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation

  6. 1801
    War

    War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria

  7. 1831
    War

    French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution

  8. 1838
    History

    The Maryland province of the Jesuits contracted to sell 272 slaves to buyers in Louisiana in one of the largest slave sales in American history

  9. 1847
    Birth

    Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany, is born

  10. 1913
    Landmarks

    Saint Petersburg Mosque officially opens

  11. 1935
    Landmarks

    The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon

  12. 1946
    Politics

    The sixth President of Finland, Gustaf Mannerheim, submits his resignation for health reasons

  13. 1964
    Books

    Ernest Hemingway publishes A Moveable Feast

  14. 1967
    Disaster

    Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashes at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, killing 19

  15. 1977
    Music

    Judas Priest releases the album Sin After Sin

  16. 1988
    GamesStarting event

    The video game Super Mario Bros. 2 is released

  17. 1995
    Film

    Braveheart, directed by Mel Gibson, is released

  18. 1997
    Film

    Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant, is released

  19. 2004
    Transport

    Flammable cargo exploded at a railway station in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than a thousand others

  20. 2008
    Books

    John Green publishes Paper Towns

  21. 2010
    Games

    The game Hanabi is created