Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed in South Korea.
Sixty-eight lives were lost, and there were a total of 48 survivors.
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The opera 'Parsifal' by Richard Wagner premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.
In one day, Facebook lost $120 billion in value on the stock market.
Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Casanova was arrested in Venice for his offensive remarks on religion.
Platform diver Tom Daley won his first Olympic gold medal in men's synchronized diving, 13 years after his first Olympic games.
The US Postal Service was founded.