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 Hillsborough disaster occurred.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
President Abraham Lincoln died.
Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.