Barack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.
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Mozart's Symphony No.36 premiered in Linz, Austria.
The Paris Climate Change Agreement went into force.
After a second siege, Joan of Arc liberated the town of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, France.
Physicists in New Zealand observed a record-breaking solar flair.
J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter Movie, 'The Philosopher's Stone,' premiered in Leicester Square, London, UK.
