Dom Pedro I, the founder and first ruler of the empire of Brazil, declared Brazil’s independence from Portugal.
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El Salvador established Bitcoin as legal tender.
Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot four times in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
French aviator Eugène Lefebvre tragically died in an airplane crash, making this day the first-ever aviation fatality.
The Treaty of The Hague was signed between the German Empire, Great Britain, and The Netherlands.
A solar eclipse occurred, which is said to have marked the birth of the Greek legend Hercules.
