Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot and killed in Medellín.
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The 'I Robot' collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov was published by Genome Press in the US.
The first artificial heart was successfully implanted.
The Battle of Tirad Pass was fought.
The Chinese child Emperor Pu Yi ascended the Chinese throne at the age of two.
Charles Dickens gave his first public reading.
