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Starting event: Ian Fleming publishes From Russia, with Love (1957)

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  1. 569 BC
    Birth

    Xenophanes, Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher, is born

  2. 1449
    Birth

    Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician, literary man and humanist, is born

  3. 1546
    Politics

    The town of Ekenäs (Finnish: Tammisaari) is founded by King Gustav Vasa of Sweden

  4. 1739
    Books

    Charles Wesley publishes Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

  5. 1756
    History

    A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta

  6. 1832
    Landmarks

    Göta Canal officially opens

  7. 1833
    War

    The Spanish American wars of independence ended with the death of King Ferdinand VII, with what had once been the Spanish Empire disintegrating into independent Latin American states

  8. 1876
    Landmarks

    Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state

  9. 1887
    War

    A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé was released on the order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war

  10. 1914
    Transport

    The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the U.S. state of Florida became the first scheduled airline using a winged aircraft

  11. 1943
    Politics

    The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt

  12. 1957
    BooksStarting event

    Ian Fleming publishes From Russia, with Love

  13. 1963
    Music

    The Ronettes releases the song "Be My Baby"

  14. 1971
    Music

    Deep Purple releases the album Fireball

  15. 1974
    Disaster

    A man ignited tires in the crater of Mount Edgecumbe, prompting a false eruption scare later revealed as an April Fools' hoax

  16. 1982
    Religion

    A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured

  17. 1987
    Film

    Wings of Desire, directed by Wim Wenders, is released

  18. 1995
    History

    The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves

  19. 2007
    Business

    The Apple TV brand is launched

  20. 2010
    Internet

    The website The Plant List launches

  21. 2011
    Film

    The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, is released