The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
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Sony released the PlayStation 3 console in North America.
All of London's Jews (approx. 680) were accused and arrested for coin clipping and counterfeiting.
A sequel to LittleBigPlanet was released for the PlayStation Portable.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony was performed for the first time in St Petersburg, Russia.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
