The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
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Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
A sequel to LittleBigPlanet was released for the PlayStation Portable.
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon's surface.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony was performed for the first time in St Petersburg, Russia.
Hundreds of people died after a New England Blizzard.