Billboard magazine started ranking sales of recorded songs.
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The Battle of Bouvines began.
Vincent van Gogh shot himself at a wheat field in Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, and died from his wounds two days later.
Around 1,000 prisoners escaped from Queyfiya Prison in Benghazi, Libya.
NASA decided to suspend space shuttle flights after analyzing the launch of mission STS-114.
Tobacco arrived in England for the first time.
