Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus observed a total lunar eclipse in Rome, Italy.
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Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity.
Japan recognized its first legal same-sex couple.
George B. Selden was granted the patent for a gasoline internal combustion engine car.
Parker Brothers released the Monopoly board game.
The 15th-century Breton-French-Latin dictionary called the Catholicon was published.
