1958:Seventeen-year-old soccer prodigy Pelé leads Brazil to a 5-2 victory over Sweden in the FIFA World Cup final in Solna, Sweden. The Brazilian team takes home the World Cup trophy for the first time, a feat they would repeat in 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.
1613: A performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII by the Bard's acting troupe, the King's Men, spells disaster for the Globe Theatre inLondon, England, when a theatrical cannon ignites the thatched gallery roof and burns down the three-story, open-air theater. The Globe would be rebuilt a year later.
1534:Prince Edward Island is discovered by French explorer Jacques Cartier.
1613: A performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII by the Bard's acting troupe, the King's Men, spells disaster for the Globe Theatre inLondon, England, when a theatrical cannon ignites the thatched gallery roof and burns down the three-story, open-air theater. The Globe would be rebuilt a year later.
1534:Prince Edward Island is discovered by French explorer Jacques Cartier.
1956:President Eisenhower creates the interstates - opening up highways allowing business to more easily get done and people to more easily find work.
2007:Apple's iPhone goes on sale in US
1927:First flight: West Coast to Hawaii
1888:The first (known) recording of classical music is made in Handel's Israel in Egypt.
2007:Apple's iPhone goes on sale in US
1927:First flight: West Coast to Hawaii
1888:The first (known) recording of classical music is made in Handel's Israel in Egypt.
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