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THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

1875 - Philadelphia's Joe Borden, also known by the name Josephs, pitches the first no-hitter in Major League history, beating the Chicago White Stockings 4-0. The game takes one hour and 35 minutes to play

1914 Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war (Word War I begins)

1943 Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians

1976 Tangshan Earthquake, 7.6 in magnitude, kills over 300,000 in northern China, the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century

1979 Dave Kingman of the Chicago Cubs hit three home runs in a game for the second time in the season and became the sixth player in Major League history to accomplish the feat. Kingman's homers weren't enough as the Cubs lost to the New York Mets 6-4.

1991 - Dennis Martinez pitched a perfect game as the Montreal Expos beat Los Angeles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium

2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland

1916 Cochrane and Matheson forest fire 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) in size in Ontario takes about 223 lives. Leads to improved techniques and legislation for prevention and control of forest fires.

1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR

1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party

1921 Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, aged 54, pitches two innings

1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in the first 2 innings to beat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field, setting a record with 24 singles in one game




1965 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10)

1967 Fire aboard aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin kills 134 sailors

1967 The Doors' single "Light My Fire" hits #1 in the US

1974 MLB St. Louis Cardinals' Lou Brock steals his 700th base

1988 Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home

2009 Temperature reaches 103°F in Seattle, Washington, the hottest day on record

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Spanish Treasure Fleet Sinks off Florida Coast in Hurricane (1715)
From the 16th to the 18th centuries, the Spanish Empire used a system of convoys, called treasure fleets, to transport a wide variety of items to Spain from its territories in the New World. Seven days after departing from Havana, Cuba, all 11 of the ships in the 1715 treasure fleet sank during a hurricane near present-day Florida, resulting in the deaths of thousands of sailors.

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MTV Is Launched (1981)
MTV is an American cable television network that was originally created to broadcast videos of pop and rock musicians. It quickly gained a wide following, and soon virtually all major pop and rock performers were making videos to be aired on MTV. In the 1990s, MTV diversified its programming, airing game shows, cartoons, sitcoms, documentaries, and reality shows. The network has had a profound impact on both the music industry and popular culture.

The Louvre Museum in Paris is one of the biggest and most well-known museums out there. It’s situated right between the Seine River and Rue de Rivoli, and it used to be a royal palace with a pretty fascinating backstory. It all started way back in 1190 when Philippe II built the original "Castle of the Louvre" as a fortress to protect Paris from Viking raids. Then, in the 14th century, Charles V turned it into a palace, and it eventually got a makeover from François I and Henri II into something even more impressive. The Louvre opened up to the public as a museum on November 8, 1793, during the French Revolution, which was a big deal as it let everyone get a taste of what the royal palace was like.

Ain't like dustin' crops.

Krypteia

In the Spartan tradition of Krypteia, young men who successfully completed their rigorous training regime were sent into the countryside unarmed and told to kill any members of Sparta's serf population, or "Helots," that they encountered at night and to take any food they needed. The tradition derives it name from a Greek word meaning "hidden, secret things," and its goal and nature are still a matter of debate among historians.