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.
The UK's Prince Harry published Spare, his tell-all memoir on his upbringing with the Royal Family.
London Underground was opened, making it the world’s oldest underground railway system.
John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
