Charles Dickens and his wife arrived in Boston, US, from Liverpool, UK.
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A record $20 to $50 million worth of gold bars were stolen in a bank robbery in Beirut, Lebanon.
One hundred million people were placed in lockdown in Wuhan, China, amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Lady Macbeth by Dmitri Shostakovich was performed for the first time in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Evo Morales was inaugurated as Bolivia's first indigenous President.
Netflix passed the $100 billion milestone.
