Hawaii was shaken by an eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano that lasted 300 days and destroyed a coastal village.
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The Royal Exchange in London was opened by Queen Elizabeth I.
The programming language 'Java' was released.
Adrian Hidalgo set the world record for spinning a diabolo around his leg 117 times in 1 minute.
A Morse code distress call was made at sea, which led to the first radio sea rescue.
Walter Frederick Morrison sold the rights to the Pluto Platter to Wham-O, who soon changed the toy's name to 'Frisbee.'
