845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving 1549 The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded 1901 Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first parliamentary election 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1961 After a 4½ 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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