Grand Central Terminal opened in New York City.
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'The Way We Were' by Barbra Streisand reached number one on the Billboard 100 charts.
Forty mummies were discovered and unearthed in Tuna el-Gebel, South Cairo, Egypt.
Queen Victoria's funeral took place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England.
The Great Fall River fire destroyed many businesses downtown in Fall River, Massachusetts.
London opened the world's first public flushing toilets.