2020
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter became the first helicopter to fly on another planet.
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2011
NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat, the first game in the franchise reboot, was released for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Mortal Kombat wasn’t just a breath of fresh air for the series; it completely raised the bar! Until 2009, the franchise was held by Midway Games Chicago, the studio that came up with Mortal Kombat. Then, Midway Games went bankrupt, and Warner Bros. bought them out.
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2005
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope under the name Pope Benedict XVI.
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1994
American construction worker Rodney King received $3.8 million in compensation after suffering police brutality on March 3, 1991.
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1971
Prolific killer Charles Manson was sentenced to death by gas chamber.
The decision came after a lengthy 225 days of trials.
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1963
Johnny Cash released his “Ring of Fire” single.
It won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award on February 25, 1998.
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1956
Grace Kelly married Rainier III, the Prince of Monaco.
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1943
The Warsaw Uprising involved Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resisting Nazi Germany during WWII.
Afterward, Officer Jürgen Stroop ordered the Ghetto to be destroyed, which started the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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1909
The Roman Catholic Church declared Joan of Arc a saint.
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1882
Charles Darwin, who taught the world the theory of evolution by natural selection, died at 73 years old.
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1775
The Battle of Lexington and Concord began, which kicked off the American Revolutionary War between 1775 & 1783.
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1770
Captain James Cook sighted Australia for the first time.
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1591
The town of Chartres in France surrendered to King Henry IV.
This marked the beginning of the end of Europe’s War of Religion.
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1539
The Treaty of Frankfurt was signed between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Protestants.
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