The Peloponnesian war came to an end when Admiral Lysander and his Spartan armies defeated their Athenian foes.
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Kathmandu, Nepal, was devastated by a major earthquake.
A highwayman, Nicolas Pelletier, was the first man to be executed by the guillotine in Paris, France.
Francis Crick & James Watson's discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA was formally announced.
The Discovery Space Shuttle deployed the Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit.
Nicaragua elected its first-ever female President, Violeta Chamorro.
