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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce their engagement

Clarence House announced that Prince Harry would marry Markle in the spring of 2018. They were engaged earlier the same month in London, with the Prince giving Markle a bespoke engagement ring made by Cleave and Company, consisting of a large central diamond from Botswana, with two smaller diamonds from his mother's jewelry collection.

Nissan Leaf completes its very first public road test

The Nissan Leaf is a compact five-door hatchback electric car manufactured by Nissan. After earning a license plate in September, Nissan's driverless Leaf hit the pavement of the country's Sagami Expressway, becoming the very first self-driving car to complete a public road test on a highway in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Moscone–Milk assassinations

The Moscone–Milk assassinations were the killings of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, who were shot and killed in San Francisco City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White. White was subsequently convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The verdict sparked the "White Night Riots" in San Francisco.

Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade

The First Crusade was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Land, called for by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095. Urban called for a military expedition to aid the Byzantine Empire, which had recently lost most of Anatolia to the Seljuq Turks.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

born 1953

Steve Bannon

died 1978

Harvey Milk