Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony was performed for the first time in St Petersburg, Russia.
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
Writer, explorer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for suspected treason.
