The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
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Aretha Franklin, who died August 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer Prize.
The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, which destroyed the roof.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
Under the command of Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish forces defeated the Holy Roman Empire's armies in the Battle of Rain.
