American author Peter Benchley published his novel “Jaws.”
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At just 16 years old, Ivan IV the Terrible crowned himself the first Tsar (emperor) of Russia.
During the Peninsular War, the British defeated the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian became the first Roman Emperor.
The trial phase of former US President Donald Trump's first impeachment began.
French King Louis XVI was sentenced to death during the French Revolution.
