Eminem won four awards for his hit song Without Me at the 19th MTV Music Video Awards.
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British naval vessel HMS Royal George sank, and over 800 lives were lost.
Quebec Bridge in St Lawrence, Canada, collapsed after four years of construction.
Rowntree's introduced the famous Kit Kat featuring three layers of wafer cut into finger slices and surrounded by milk chocolate.
Daniel Halladay patented the self-governing windmill.
The oldest Japanese coinage was minted.