The COVID-19 death toll passed 200,000 in the US.
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'Friends' debuted on NBC and continued for ten seasons.
English poet and playwright Ben Jonson was arrested for manslaughter after killing Elizabethan actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.
The ITV network launched in the UK, which became the BBC's first rival.
The American drama TV series 'Lost' premiered on ABC.
A treaty was signed between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg, ending years of conflict between the two states.
