The Airbus A380 passenger airliner successfully underwent its maiden flight.
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Heinrich Himmler ordered the construction of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
King Edward I of England fought the Scots to punish King John Balliol for not being an ally against France with England.
Witold Pilecki escaped Auschwitz.
NASA launched the Explorer 11 satellite atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Beethoven composed his famous short piano piece, 'Für Elise.'
