The British Army defeated Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
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Manchester Mark I computer became the first stored computer to run a program at a lab at Manchester University, UK.
Construction on the world's longest railway in Russia was completed.
The guitar that Kurt Cobain used during Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged in New York show sold for $6 million.
J.K. Rowling published the 5th Harry Potter book 'The Order of the Phoenix.'
John Hinckley, who tried to kill President Reagan, was found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.
