On This Very Day
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- 1994
Edvard Munch's The Scream is recovered three months after its theft. View Post →
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- 1915
German submarine sinks RMS Lusitania off Ireland's southern coast, causing 1,198 deaths. View Post →
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- 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides premieres, grossing $350.6 million on opening weekend.
- 1718
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founds the city of New Orleans.
- 1934
The world's largest pearl (6.4 kg) is discovered in Palawan, Philippines.
- 1994
The Channel Tunnel, connecting England and France, officially opens.
- 1840
A devastating tornado hits Natchez, Mississippi, claiming 317 lives.
- 1975
US President Gerald Ford announces the end of the Vietnam Era.
- 1867
Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in England, the first of three patents for the explosive.
- 558
Hagia Sophia's dome collapses in Constantinople, prompting Justinian I to order immediate reconstruction.
- 2000
Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as Russia's President for the first time.
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