The Battle of Formigny came to an end as France defeated the last English forces.
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The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
