Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great, became the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt.
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Congress passed the Enforcement Act.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the 3rd film based on the books by J. K. Rowling, was released in UK cinemas.
The RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast, where it was also constructed.
English civil servant Samuel Pepys recorded his last diary entry.
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Peru, killing as many as 70,000 people.