Asteroid 323 Brucia became the first asteroid discovered using photography.
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A powerful tsunami hit Indonesia.
Richard Reid, infamously known as the 'shoe bomber,' attempted to blow up an airplane with explosives in his shoes.
Pope Innocent I was elected.
The first gorilla born in captivity, called Colo, was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Two robbers who wore police uniforms robbed an armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey.
