139,000 people lost their lives when Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game was copyrighted.
An assassination attempt was made on Gangster Frank Costello.
The Writers Guild of America went on strike after a labor dispute.
The FBI's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, was killed by the US Navy Seals and CIA operatives in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Britain founded the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.