The Battle of Formigny came to an end as France defeated the last English forces.
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President Abraham Lincoln died.
NASA launched a spacecraft to rendezvous with a small communication satellite.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
