Korean Air Flight 801 crashed while approaching Guam airport, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard.
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Flammable vapor caught fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California.
Bolivia gained independence from Peru.
The Department of Health in Manila, Philippines, declared a national epidemic after the dengue outbreak.
Norwich University was founded in Vermont.
NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars' Aeolis Palus plain.
