French aviator Eugène Lefebvre tragically died in an airplane crash, making this day the first-ever aviation fatality.
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El Salvador established Bitcoin as legal tender.
The Blitz began.
Dom Pedro I, the founder and first ruler of the empire of Brazil, declared Brazil's independence from Portugal.
New York's district attorney returned 58 stolen pieces of art to Italy, worth $19 million.
Sacha Baron Cohen's mockumentary 'Borat' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
