The US Department of Foreign Affairs, the fledgling nation’s first federal agency, was established.
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The musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman premiered on Broadway at Orpheum Theater, New York, US.
Around 1,000 prisoners escaped from Queyfiya Prison in Benghazi, Libya.
Tobacco arrived in England for the first time.
Billboard magazine started ranking sales of recorded songs.
NASA decided to suspend space shuttle flights after analyzing the launch of mission STS-114.
