The novel “Emma” by Jane Austen was first published.
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Rom-com movie ''As Good as It Gets” was released in theaters in the US.
Plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued.
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.
Whitey Bulger, an organized crime boss, fled Boston after fearing arrest from the FBI.
A 6.25 magnitude earthquake destroyed central Managua, Nicaragua, killing about 10,000 people.
