During his fourth and final voyage, Christopher Columbus arrived in Costa Rica.
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Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated, and Marcus Cocceius Nerva became the new Emperor.
Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tebogo were admitted to the United Nations.
The US spacecraft, Voyager, took the first-ever photograph of the moon and Earth together from space.
The New York Times published its first issue.
After nearly 80 years of business, the iconic plastic kitchenware brand Tupperware filed for bankruptcy.