Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radium in Paris, France.
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Oliver Cromwell dissolved England's Rump Parliament.
A swamp rabbit attacked President Jimmy Carter while he was fishing in Plains, Georgia.
God of War, the eighth installment in the God of War series, was released for PlayStation 4.
French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis began his journey to Lapland to plot the shape of the Earth.
Captain James Cook arrived at the shore in New South Wales, Australia.
