Taylor Swift won six awards at the American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade.
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Psy's 'Gangnam Style' music video became the most viewed video on YouTube, passing 800 million views.
The very first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in Atlanta's Greenbriar Mall.
From this day until February 10, 1435, London's Thames river completely froze.
Astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree recorded the first known observation of a transit of Venus across the sun.
STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.