143 people were killed in a Siberian Airlines plane crash that was shot down by Ukrainian Missiles over the Black Sea.
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The Orient Express started its first journey from Paris to Istanbul.
John Lennon's album 'Walls and Bridges' was released in the US.
Dark Souls, the second Souls game after Demon's Souls, was released for PS3 and Xbox 360 in North America.
The musical 'Sometime' put on its first performance at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, New York City, US.
Sputnik 1 became Earth's first artificial satellite to go into orbit.
