English literature classic Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift was published.
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Explorer Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba.
Macy's Department Store first opened.
Lee Jang Rim, the founder of the Dami Mission Christian Movement in South Korea, declared that the world would end.
The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 100th birthday.
Forty-two people were buried alive in a landslide in Bafoussam, Cameroon.
