Anesthetic was used for the first time on a dental patient by Dr. William Morton.
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The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
American animated sitcom 'The Flintstones,' which romanticized the Stone Age debuted on ABC.
Mozart's last opera, 'The Magic Flute,' premiered in Vienna.
Hollywood actor James Dean died aged 24.
