Donald Trump launched 59 missiles into Syria.
The attack came three days after a chemical attack on Khan Shaykhun.
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Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
France initiated the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice.