A 6.25 magnitude earthquake destroyed central Managua, Nicaragua, killing about 10,000 people.
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Plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued.
Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, who was serving a life sentence for the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford, escaped from Alderson Prison.
Rom-com movie ''As Good as It Gets” was released in theaters in the US.
The novel 'Emma' by Jane Austen was first published.
After eleven months of imprisonment, 83 men from the US Navy were released by North Korea.
