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Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.
World War II: Third Battle of Kharkiv: The Germans retake the city of Kharkiv from the Soviet armies.
Born: Judd Hirsch, American actor.
The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.
A dam failure causes the sudden flooding of the mining city of Potosí in present-day Bolivia leading to the death of thousands and the massive release of toxic mercury into the environment.
Died: Walter V, Count of Brienne.
Constantius Gallus is elevated as Caesar and then sent to Antioch to govern the Roman East.
Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.