Beethoven’s 4th Symphony in B was performed for the first time.
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The battle of the Ruhr campaign began during WWII with an air raid in Essen, Germany.
Country music stars Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins all perished in an airplane crash.
A tropical storm named Irina on the island of Madagascar killed 65 people.
The world's favorite paper joiner, the stapler was patented by C. H. Gould in England.
The Boston Massacre occurred.
