Mozart’s Symphony No.36 premiered in Linz, Austria.
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Barack Obama became the first African American to win a United States Presidential Election.
Canadian country singer Shania Twain released her third album, 'Come On Over.'
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.
Physicists in New Zealand observed a record-breaking solar flair.
