Buckingham Palace, London, was blasted during The Blitz mass air bombings by Germany.
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The CERN Large Hadron Collider was powered up for the first time.
Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.
Nirvana released their lead single, 'Smells like Teen Spirit,' which is often dubbed the 'anthem for apathetic kids' of Generation X.
George Smith, a London taxi driver, became the first person ever to be fined for drunk driving.
