Sony released the PlayStation 3 console in North America.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony was performed for the first time in St Petersburg, Russia.
All of London's Jews (approx. 680) were accused and arrested for coin clipping and counterfeiting.
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon's surface.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.
