The novel “Emma” by Jane Austen was first published.
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A 6.25 magnitude earthquake destroyed central Managua, Nicaragua, killing about 10,000 people.
Cinderella, the first full-length ballet by Frederick Ashton with music by Sergei Prokofiev, was first presented at Covent Garden, London, by Sadler's Wells Ballet.
A gas explosion occurred in Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China.
Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, who was serving a life sentence for the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford, escaped from Alderson Prison.
Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first human kidney transplant at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
