Anesthetic was used for the first time on a dental patient by Dr. William Morton.
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Times Square Theater opened with a capacity of 1,032.
A super-massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica.
The 6.4 magnitude Latur earthquake in India killed nearly 10,000 people.
Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
Hollywood actor James Dean died aged 24.
