1497
Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto, also known as John Cabot, departed from Bristol to embark on his expedition to North America.
1622
The Jamestown Massacre in Virginia saw hundreds of English settlers killed by members of the Powhatan Confederacy.
1765
The British Parliament enacted the Stamp Act, imposing taxes on printed materials in the American colonies, sparking tensions that led to the American Revolution.
1963
The notorious Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay was officially closed.
1993
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was established to develop global standards for web technologies.
2016
Brussels, Belgium, suffered coordinated terrorist attacks on the airport and metro stations, resulting in over 30 fatalities.
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