2017
Four people died, and at least twenty were injured in a terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament in London.
The attacker crashed the car into a fence after driving into pedestrians. He then fatally stabbed an unarmed police officer. Shortly after, he was shot by an armed police officer and died at the scene.
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2005
The first God of War game was released for the PlayStation 2 to the North American market.
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1997
The super-bright comet “Hale-Bopp” reached its closest point to Earth at a distance of 1.215 AU, making it visible to the naked eye.
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1982
NASA’s Columbia Space Shuttle was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
This was the shuttle’s third mission, STS-3, and its first with an unpainted external fuel tank. The mission’s primary objectives were to test the shuttle’s ability to hold up to the sun’s intense heat outside of Earth’s atmosphere and further test the shuttle’s external robotic arms. STS-3 was the only shuttle mission to land at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.
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1978
Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas died after falling off a tightrope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
He attempted to walk 121ft (37 meters) on a wire that was stretched between two buildings in San Juan, Puerto Rico but lost his balance due to strong winds.
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1963
The Beatles released their very first album, “Please Please Me.”
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1960
Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes was granted the first patent for a laser.
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1946
America built the first rocket to reach an altitude of 50 miles (80 km).
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1935
New York became the first US court to allow blood test results to be used as evidence.
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1914
The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the world’s first scheduled flight.
The flight was only for the brave as the plane was made of wood.
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1903
The iconic Niagara Falls waterfall ran out of water during a drought.
All that was left was a dry cliff top.
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1888
Aston Villa’s director, William McGregor, formed the English Football League.
This was the world’s first-ever football league.
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1822
The New York Horticultural Society was founded.
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