American animated sitcom “The Flintstones,” which romanticized the Stone Age debuted on ABC.
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A super-massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica.
Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
Anesthetic was used for the first time on a dental patient by Dr. William Morton.
For the first time, scientists captured images of a live giant squid in its natural environment.