Water Music by George Frideric Handel premiered on the River Thames, London, at the request of King George I.
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The US National Minimum Drinking Age Act was signed into law, raising the age to 21.
The English secret service discovered the Babington Plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I.
Twelve North African Christians, known as the Scillitan Martyrs, were executed for their religious beliefs.
The Potsdam Conference began between the Soviet Union, UK & US.
Willis Carrier invented the world's first electronic air conditioner.
