The high-end fashion label Givenchy was presented for the first time in Paris, with the first model being Bettina Graziani.
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Forty mummies were discovered and unearthed in Tuna el-Gebel, South Cairo, Egypt.
The first Sears retail store opened in Chicago.
The Oxygen TV Network debuted on cable.
Captain William Dampier rescued British Sailor Alexander Selkirk after 52 months of being left on an island.
The Great Fall River fire destroyed many businesses downtown in Fall River, Massachusetts.