The Japanese Prime Minister, Hara Takashi, was assassinated in Tokyo.
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A British-led team of archaeologists located the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb.
A plane crash in South Sudan at Juba International Airport killed 31 people.
J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter Movie, 'The Philosopher's Stone,' premiered in Leicester Square, London, UK.
The first wagon train arrived in California after having left Independence, Missouri, in May 1841.
Around 1,000 Soviet tanks entered Budapest, the capital of Hungary, after bombing half the city in an attempt to take over.
