Alec Baldwin accidentally used a live firearm during a movie rehearsal, during which he shot and killed a cinematographer.
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English chemist John Dalton read his first atomic theory paper to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical society.
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Otto IV was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
Native American Kateri Tekakwitha became the first native to become a saint.
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