The French Revolutionary War began after France declared war on Austria.
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Demonstrations broke out in Tbilisi, Georgia, after attempts by the USSR to repress the Georgian language.
Sputnik 2 soviet spacecraft burned up, returning through Earth's atmosphere.
The Battle of Forum Gallorum took place to besiege Julius Caesar's assassin, Decimus Junius Brutus.
J.C. Penney's opened their first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
America published the country's first American Dictionary of English Language.