The Mayan calendar started being used.
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The Arica earthquake occurred in Peru and Ecuador.
Black soldiers were blamed for raiding a bar in Brownsville, Texas, US.
A three-year-old boy from Dublin became the world's youngest heart and lung transplant patient.
The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper was published for the first time.
Berlin's city became entirely divided in two, with all borders sealed between the east and west.