Piero the Unfortunate was stripped of his title of Lord of Florence, Italy, and exiled.
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The first sustained flight of over five minutes was achieved and traveled three miles in the process.
The Mayflower, filled with Puritan Pilgrims, spotted land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The Berlin Wall began to fall.
George Bruce received the first US design patents for typefaces and bordering.
Facebook's parent company, Meta, laid off 11,000 employees amid a weak advertising market.
