The Airbus A380 passenger airliner successfully underwent its maiden flight.
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Pripyat and surrounding areas were evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster.
The first guests arrived at Fyre Festival, unaware that it was all a lie.
NASA launched the Explorer 11 satellite atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Babe Ruth Day was commemorated for the first time to celebrate one of baseball's greatest players of all time.
King Edward I of England fought the Scots to punish King John Balliol for not being an ally against France with England.
