The first wagon train arrived in California after having left Independence, Missouri, in May 1841.
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A plane crash in South Sudan at Juba International Airport killed 31 people.
Around 1,000 Soviet tanks entered Budapest, the capital of Hungary, after bombing half the city in an attempt to take over.
Mozart's Symphony No.36 premiered in Linz, Austria.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Hara Takashi, was assassinated in Tokyo.
After a second siege, Joan of Arc liberated the town of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, France.
