Rapper Dr. Dre released his second album, “The Chronic 2001.”
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The Soviet Union's Venera 3 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The first edition of America's oldest newspaper, The New York Evening Post, was published.
The fourth largest diamond was found in Karowe Mine, Botswana.
Due to mosquito infestations, the city of Havana was relocated to its final location.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon premiered in Los Angeles.
