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See also People that died at the age of 425
- 11-May-2003 : Benvenuto Cellini's ''Saliera'' is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
- 10-July-2002 : At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting "The Massacre of the Innocents" (first version) is sold for ?49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet.
- 08-January-1962 : Leonardo da Vinci's ''Mona Lisa'' is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C..
Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the worst Dutch rail disaster.
- 17-February-1958 : Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare the patron saint of television.
- 06-May-1952 : Farouk of Egypt has himself announced as a descendant of prophet Muhammad.
- 25-April-1932 : Two of the companions of Islam's Last Prophet Muhammad are moved from their graves upon informing of water in the graves in the dream of King Faisal of Iraq in Salmaan Paak, Iraq. Their names are Hazrat Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman and Hazrat Jabir ibn Abd-Allah.
- 18-April-1909 : Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- 28-August-1565 : St. Augustine, Florida (named after St. Augustine), is established. It is the oldest remaining European settlement in the United States.
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