J.K. Rowling published the 5th Harry Potter book “The Order of the Phoenix.”
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Louis St. Laurent resigned as the prime minister of Canada.
John Hinckley, who tried to kill President Reagan, was found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.
Construction on the world's longest railway in Russia was completed.
King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family fled their home at the beginning of the French Revolution.
The US Navy claimed the island of Guam, which was previously under Spanish control.
