The Twilight Saga: Eclipse premiered in Los Angeles.
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The US Supreme Court declared that no president could be sued for their choices while in office.
A mysterious outbreak of dancing plague or choreomania occurred in the German city of Aachen.
Pablo Picasso had his first exhibition in Paris, France.
Explorer John Cabot claimed Canada for England, thinking he was in Asia when he was actually in Nova Scotia.
The USA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched the NOAA-17 satellite.