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1657: The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife saw the English navy, under Admiral Robert Blake, defeat a Spanish treasure fleet during the Anglo-Spanish War, securing a victory without losing any ships—a rare feat for the time.
1770: The Georgian king Erekle II defeated an Ottoman invasion attempt in the Battle of Aspindza, preserving control over the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti despite being heavily outnumbered.
1792: France declared war on Austria, marking the start of the French Revolutionary Wars, a pivotal conflict that reshaped European politics and led to the broader Napoleonic era.
1862: Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard completed the first pasteurization test, revolutionizing food safety and preservation techniques, with lasting impacts on public health.
1902: Marie and Pierre Curie successfully isolated radium, a breakthrough in radioactivity research that earned them a Nobel Prize and advanced medical and scientific fields.
1912: The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park, defeating the New York Highlanders (later Yankees) 7-6, marking the debut of one of baseball’s most iconic venues.
1918: Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron," shot down his 79th and 80th victims, cementing his legacy as World War I’s most famous fighter pilot before his death the following day.
1926: Western Electric and Warner Bros. announced Vitaphone, a sound-on-disc system for films, a technological leap that paved the way for the "talkies" and transformed cinema.
1945: Soviet artillery began shelling Berlin, signaling the final stages of World War II in Europe as the Red Army closed in, leading to Hitler’s suicide ten days later.
1968: Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as Canada’s 15th Prime Minister, ushering in an era of progressive policies and "Trudeaumania," shaping modern Canadian identity.
1972: Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke landed on the moon, conducting three moonwalks and collecting 95.71 kg of lunar samples, advancing lunar exploration.
1999: The Columbine High School shooting in Colorado left 13 dead and 24 injured, a tragedy that sparked national debates on gun control, school safety, and mental health.
2010: The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing one of the worst environmental disasters in history, with millions of barrels of oil spilled.
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