The first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
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A peace agreement was signed between King John of England and Prince Louis VIII of France, marking the end of the Siege of Roche-au-Moine, France.
American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared.
'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' the second book in the series, was published by Bloomsbury in the UK.
Inventor Benjamin J. Lane patented the first self-contained gas mask.
Martin Luther was almost struck by lightning and became a monk.
