Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
On June 10, 2002, John Gotti died from throat cancer while in confinement.
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Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
The armies of Sultan Mehmed II arrived at Constantinople's outer walls and prepared to lay siege to the city.
The '2001: A Space Odyssey' sci-fi movie premiered in Washington, DC.
Sixty-six people died in Sverdlovsk, USSR, when a bio-warfare lab accidentally released airborne anthrax.
Albert Einstein visited New York City and lectured on his Theory of Relativity for the first time.
