Apple became the first company to achieve worth more than $800 billion.
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US Geological Survey issued a statement revealing that 39 Montana glaciers have reduced in size from 39 to 85 percent in the last 50 years.
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
Uber became a public company, opening on the New York Stock Exchange.
The USSR attempted to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to Mars.
Jeffrey Dahmer got baptized while in prison at Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.
