The ITV network launched in the UK, which became the BBC’s first rival.
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English poet and playwright Ben Jonson was arrested for manslaughter after killing Elizabethan actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.
An unidentified double flash of light was detected over the Indian Ocean south of Africa.
Former President Abraham Lincoln ordered the emancipation of slaves across the US from January 1, 1863.
The European Space Agency integrated its SMART-1 spacecraft with its dedicated launching rocket.
The COVID-19 death toll passed 200,000 in the US.
