Today:
1390 – The first trial for witchcraft in Paris leads to the burning of three people.
1618 – Sir Walter Raleigh, English explorer and writer, is executed in London under the order of King James I.
1787 – Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni” premieres in Prague, Czech Republic.
1863 – The International Red Cross is founded in Geneva, Switzerland.
1886 – The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1923 – The Republic of Turkey is officially declared, with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as its first president.
1929 – The Wall Street Crash, or “Black Tuesday,” hits the New York Stock Exchange, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
1948 – The Soviet Union begins a massive airlift in response to the Western powers’ Berlin Blockade, initiating the Berlin Airlift.
1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the internet.
1998 – John Glenn, at age 77, becomes the oldest person to fly in space on the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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