The RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast, where it was also constructed.
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The New Orleans Minting facility closed.
The Discovery Space Shuttle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-124.
Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great, became the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt.
Battle of the Kalka River occurred.
The Copyright Act of 1790 became the first federal copyright act to be established in the United States.
