St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
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The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
President Abraham Lincoln died.
The island of Malta was awarded the George Cross by King George VI of England.
The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, which destroyed the roof.
Under the command of Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish forces defeated the Holy Roman Empire's armies in the Battle of Rain.
