The People’s Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
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Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico on his second voyage.
Television broadcasting company CBS banned a Calvin Klein Jeans advertisement.
The Nintendo Wii was released in the US.
A meteorite weighing 8kg landed southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
The University of Warsaw, Poland, was founded as a Royal University following the Partitions of Poland.
