1549: The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1795 Ludwig van Beethoven (24) has his debut performance as a pianist in Vienna.
1901: Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first parliamentary election.
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1961: After a four and a half year year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted of treason in Pretoria.
1974: Chinese farmers discover the Terracotta Army near Xi'an, 8,000 clay warrior statues buried to guard the tomb of China's 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang.
1999: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 - above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever.
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