The musical “Chicago” opened at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.
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Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick' was published by Harper & Brothers in New York.
Nellie Bly, a pioneering female journalist, embarked on a trip to travel around the world in less than 80 days.
NASA's Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet when it entered Mars' orbit.
A 19-mile crater was found under the Greenland Glacier.
Louis Timothee became America's first paid librarian.
