Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
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The first power plant in the US, 'Pearl Street Station,' in Manhattan, New York, started generating electricity.
Google was founded.
YouTube was fined $170 million for collecting data on child users.
The fantasy TV series 'Xena: Warrior Princess' premiered on NBC in the US.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.