George Smith, a London taxi driver, became the first person ever to be fined for drunk driving.
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Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed between the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States of America.
Nirvana released their lead single, 'Smells like Teen Spirit,' which is often dubbed the 'anthem for apathetic kids' of Generation X.
The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
The CERN Large Hadron Collider was powered up for the first time.
