Elisha Otis installed his first commercial elevator at 488 Broadway in New York City, US.
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Ricky Martin's 'Livin' La Vida Loca' was released.
Russia's Mir Space Station was deorbited over the South Pacific Ocean.
The PlayStation 3 was released in Europe, Austrailia, New Zealand, Africa, and the Middle East.
Researchers in England declared that the skull in William Shakespeare's grave was probably stolen and replaced with someone else's by grave robbers.
The German legislature passed the Enabling Act of 1933, which gave Hitler complete control over Germany.
