Under the command of Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish forces defeated the Holy Roman Empire’s armies in the Battle of Rain.
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St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
The island of Malta was awarded the George Cross by King George VI of England.
NASA launched a spacecraft to rendezvous with a small communication satellite.
