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The Battle of Karbala occurred in present-day Iraq, marking the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, a pivotal event in Islamic history that led to the Sunni-Shia division

Charles Martel's Frankish forces defeated the Umayyad army at the Battle of Tours in France, halting the Islamic expansion into Western Europe

The Great Hurricane of 1780, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, killed between 20,000-30,000 people across the Caribbean

The United States Naval Academy was founded in Annapolis, Maryland, on the grounds of Fort Severn

The tuxedo jacket was first worn by Griswold Lorillard at the Autumn Ball in Tuxedo Park, New York, revolutionizing men's formal wear

George Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess' premiered on Broadway, becoming one of the most important American musical works

The Windscale fire at a nuclear reactor in Cumbria, England, became Britain's worst nuclear accident, releasing radioactive contamination

The Vajont Dam disaster in Italy killed nearly 2,000 people when a landslide caused a massive wave to overflow the dam

Fiji gained independence from British colonial rule, becoming a sovereign nation within the Commonwealth

Malala Yousafzai, at age 17, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her advocacy of girls' education and children's rights