Marvel’s superhero movie “Captain America: The First Avenger” hit the theaters.
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Due to climate change, a deadly heatwave landed in North-East America.
Maurice-François Garin won the first Tour de France.
In Rosetta, Egypt, French troops discovered a black stone carved with two ancient Egyptian texts and one Ancient Greek text.
The Great Fire of Rome started when the merchant shops around the Circus Maximus caught fire.
Five women were hanged for witchcraft as part of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, US.
