Carl Nassib became the first openly-gay NFL player to play a regular-season game.
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The British Army defeated Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.
The guitar that Kurt Cobain used during Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged in New York show sold for $6 million.
New Hampshire became the 9th state to join the United States of America.
A Dutch pensions advisor, Johan de Witt, was severely wounded in a knife attack.
J.K. Rowling published the 5th Harry Potter book 'The Order of the Phoenix.'
