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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Gutzon Borglum began sculpting Mount Rushmore.
The first complete English Bible translation was published.
Pope John Paul IV visited New York, becoming the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere.
Julian Assange launched WikiLeaks.com.
Sputnik 1 became Earth's first artificial satellite to go into orbit.
