Hundreds of people died after a New England Blizzard.
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An earthquake struck Valdivia, south-central Chile, which caused a tsunami that damaged Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Japan.
A sequel to LittleBigPlanet was released for the PlayStation Portable.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
Queen Elizabeth I was coronated and re-established the protestant Church of England.
Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.