The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 100th birthday.
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The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino was founded in the Dominican Republic.
Maxentius became a Roman emperor, until his death exactly six years later.
Prince Regent George Augustus Frederick purchased the first copy of Jane Austen's novel ''Sense and Sensibility.”
Macy's Department Store first opened.
Forty-two people were buried alive in a landslide in Bafoussam, Cameroon.
