143 people were killed in a Siberian Airlines plane crash that was shot down by Ukrainian Missiles over the Black Sea.
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The Orient Express started its first journey from Paris to Istanbul.
John Lennon's album 'Walls and Bridges' was released in the US.
Sputnik 1 became Earth's first artificial satellite to go into orbit.
The pocket watch patent was awarded to Dutch mathematician and scientist Christiaan Huygens.
The musical 'Sometime' put on its first performance at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, New York City, US.