The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
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Under the command of Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish forces defeated the Holy Roman Empire's armies in the Battle of Rain.
The King of England, Henry VIII, appointed Thomas Cromwell as the Chief Secretary.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
NASA launched a spacecraft to rendezvous with a small communication satellite.
