Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
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Sony released the PlayStation 3 console in North America.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
A 55-year-old man became the first known person to contract COVID-19.
The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
