A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
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Neversoft's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 was released for the PlayStation.
South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia.
The Siege of Jerusalem began and lasted for 12 days.
Maryland passed its first anti-amalgamation law.
NASA's 50th space shuttle mission, STS-47, landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
