Maya Angelou became the first African American woman featured on a US quarter.
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The Sopranos, the hit American crime drama, debuted on HBO.
Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
King Charles I and the Queen fled from London to Oxford, Hampton Court.
John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
London Underground was opened, making it the world’s oldest underground railway system.
