1178 BCE: A solar eclipse is believed to have been recorded by Homer in The Odyssey, marking one of the earliest known astronomical observations.
1457 BCE: The Battle of Megiddo, one of the first historically recorded battles, took place between Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III and a Canaanite coalition.
73 CE: Masada, a Jewish fortress, fell to the Romans after a prolonged siege, marking a significant moment in the First Jewish-Roman War.
1746: The Battle of Culloden, the final confrontation of the Jacobite Rising, occurred in Scotland, resulting in a decisive British victory and the suppression of the Jacobite rebellion.
1853: The first passenger railway in India opened, running from Mumbai to Thane, a milestone in the country’s infrastructure development.
1912: Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel, though her achievement was overshadowed by news of the Titanic disaster.
1917: Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia from exile, arriving in Petrograd to lead the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution.
1943: Dr. Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of LSD, a pivotal moment in the history of psychoactive research.
1945: The Battle of Berlin began, a critical offensive in World War II that led to the fall of Nazi Germany.
1947: Bernard Baruch coined the term "Cold War" in a speech, encapsulating the geopolitical tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
1963: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," articulating the urgency of the civil rights movement.
1972: Apollo 16 launched, carrying astronauts to the moon as part of NASA’s Apollo program.
2007: The Virginia Tech shooting, one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, claimed 32 lives.
2014: The Sewol ferry disaster in South Korea killed 304 people, mostly high school students, leading to widespread reforms in maritime safety.

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