Finnish Armi Kuusela won the first Miss Universe Pageant at Long Beach, California.
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The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir joined, forming the largest artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
Khioniya Guseva attempted to assassinate Grigori Rasputin, believing him to be the antichrist.
A fire destroyed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
The science Fiction Drama movie 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' premiered.
The Commissioners of Customs Act was passed in the US.
