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In 1825, the Erie Canal opened.
In 1984, the first cross species heart transplant on an infant was performed.
In 1881, the Earp brothers faced off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
In 1970, Muhammad Ali returned to the boxing ring after his 3 ½ year exile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In 1415, the English, led by Henry V, defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.
In 42 B.C., Octavian and Marc Antony defeated Brutus in the Second Battle of Philippi, avenging the assassination of Julius Caesar 2.5 years prior.
In 1910, American physician Hawley Harvey Crippen was found guilty in the murder of his wife Cora.
In 1966, a landslide of coal waste crashed into the Welsh village of Aberfan.