After a second siege, Joan of Arc liberated the town of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, France.
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The Japanese Prime Minister, Hara Takashi, was assassinated in Tokyo.
J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter Movie, 'The Philosopher's Stone,' premiered in Leicester Square, London, UK.
The first wagon train arrived in California after having left Independence, Missouri, in May 1841.
462 non-violent inmates were released from Oklahoma prisons in the largest commutation in American history.
A chimpanzee was observed for the first time making and using tools.
