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.
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Sputnik 1 became Earth's first artificial satellite to go into orbit.