1522 Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition aboard the Vitoria returns to Spain without their captain. First to circumnavigate the earth. 1666 After St Paul's Cathedral and much of the city had been burned down over four days, The Great Fire of London is finally extinguished. 1901 US President William McKinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in New York 1909 New York Times headline announces American explorer Robert Pearyhad discovered the North Pole 5 months earlier 1914 World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins, French and British forces prevent German advance on Paris (till the 12th Sept) 1916 1st true supermarket, the "Piggly Wiggly" is opened by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee | 
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