Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire – a day before India’s independence.
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The world's most amazing face transplant took place.
SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft carrying the first supercomputer to space.
The New York Eye Infirmary opened, and it was the first specialty hospital of its kind in the western hemisphere.
Mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown claimed the lives of 1,141 people and left 3,00 without homes.
After being in construction for 632 years, the Cologne Cathedral was completed.
