A 6.25 magnitude earthquake destroyed central Managua, Nicaragua, killing about 10,000 people.
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The Rutan Voyager became the first plane to fly around the world without stopping for fuel.
The novel 'Emma' by Jane Austen was first published.
Plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued.
Cinderella, the first full-length ballet by Frederick Ashton with music by Sergei Prokofiev, was first presented at Covent Garden, London, by Sadler's Wells Ballet.
A gas explosion occurred in Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China.
