Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
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The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.
Spain founded the Spanish Legion; an army unit made up of foreign soldiers.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather won five Golden Globe awards.
Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women's Tennis.
