A Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes announced he was able to create solid helium.
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The Family Circus Comic Strip by Bill Keane debuted.
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, wiped out a third of the city's population.
The longest siege of a capital city in modern history, the siege of Sarajevo, officially ended.
The first warrants were issued to arrest three women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, US.
The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago.
