The Airbus A380 passenger airliner successfully underwent its maiden flight.
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Babe Ruth Day was commemorated for the first time to celebrate one of baseball's greatest players of all time.
Heinrich Himmler ordered the construction of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
John Hinckley Jr., President Reagan's failed assassin, pleaded 'not guilty' due to not being mentally sound at trial.
Britain implemented a Tea Act against its American colonies.
Pripyat and surrounding areas were evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster.
