Washington, D.C. was incorporated by Congress.
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West Virginia became the first state to impose a sales tax.
The sixth major fire in San Francisco occurred.
The first-ever 'spam' email was sent out to every ARPANET address on the US west coast.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-90.
Three-year-old English girl Madeleine McCann went missing while on vacation with her parents, family, and friends in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
