Kylie Minogue’s signature song “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” was released.
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London serial killer Jack the Ripper claimed his second victim, Annie Chapman.
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway was published in book form after first being published in Life Magazine on September 1.
The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.
Queen Elizabeth II of England officially opened the Severn Bridge in South West England.