The General Motors Corporation was founded.
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Rolling Stone magazine removed one of its co-founders, Jann Wenner, from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Personal information of Ecuador's entire population (16.6 million) became available online on an unsecured cloud server in Miami.
The movie 'Drive,' based on James Sallis's novel, was released in the US.
Nature magazine announced that more than 3 million people die yearly from air pollution.
The Wall Street bombing took place in Manhattan, New York City.