Event | Year |
Delaware became the first state to ratify the present U.S. Constitution | |
George Frideric Handel's 'Water Music' suites premiered on a barge on the River Thames | |
The United States entered the First World War, and declared war on Germany | |
Diana, Princess of Wales, died after a high-speed crash in Paris | |
Dolly, a female sheep, became the first cloned animal | |
Apple was founded as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak | |
Alexander Graham Bell created and patented the first practical telephone | |
Samuel Colt's revolving-cylinder pistol was patented | |
The Slavery Abolition Act first went into effect, in most of the British colonies | |
Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba after defeat | |
Charlemagne, nicknamed the 'Father of Europe', died | |
Augustus Caesar, first emperor of Rome, died | |
Flight MH370 disappeared over the South China Sea with all 239 people on board | |
Park Geun-hye was elected as the first female president of South Korea | |
Euro coins and banknotes became legal tender for 12 countries of the European Union | |
The movie Avatar was released, and became the highest-grossing film at the time | |
Mainz Cathedral suffered extensive damage from a fire on the day of its inauguration | |
The 'Harrying of the North' began and William the Conqueror quelled rebellions | |
Apollo 11's lunar module Eagle landed on the Moon's surface | |
Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states of America | |
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