The first known performance of William Shakespeare’s “Othello” occurred at Whitehall Palace, London.
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A leak at a chemical factory in Basel, Switzerland, caused the Rhine to turn red.
President Ulysses S. Grant founded the US Weather Bureau.
The United States Weather Bureau made its first comprehensive weather forecast.
Palau's archipelago became the first country in the world to ban the use of sunscreen containing harmful chemicals that destroy reefs.
The All Saints' Day Flood destroyed the Dutch and German coastlines.
