Beyoncé received her 99th Grammy nomination, becoming the most nominated artist in Grammy history.
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The Berlin Wall began to fall.
The Mayflower, filled with Puritan Pilgrims, spotted land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
In San Diego, California, SeaWorld announced that it would phase out its orca shows following protests.
The European Space Agency launched the Venus Express, the first European spacecraft to reach Venus.
The first sustained flight of over five minutes was achieved and traveled three miles in the process.
