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Byzantine Emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem.
Black Death Massacre in Erfurt, Germany kills up to 3,000 Jews.
Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans.
Hudson Bay Company merges with North West Company.
Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses.
Henry Morton Stanley begins expedition to Africa.
Flood in Ohio kills 400.
Fire in Hakodate, Japan kills 1,500.
2.9 million US soldiers in Korea.
Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns.
Alcatraz prison is closed. /events/alcatraz-prison-closedLink Preview
'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' opens in NYC for 149 performances.
First tweet sent by Jack Dorsey: 'just setting up my twttr'.
Chemical factory explosion in China kills 78, injures 617.
178 wildfires burn over 108,000 acres in southwest Texas.
China Eastern Airlines jetliner crashes, 132 onboard.
First Earth Day celebrated, now observed globally.
World's first rock and roll concert held in Cleveland, Ohio.
Yosemite Valley discovered in California.
Earthquake in Tokyo kills about 107,000.
Demolition for World Trade Center begins in NY.
Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.
Nintendo releases Game Boy Advance.