Meat packers began the first modern sit-down strike at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota.
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The Cherry Mine disaster in Illinois killed 259 miners in a coal mine fire.
The ninth Final Fantasy game, Final Fantasy IX, was released for PlayStation.
Disney's animated feature 'Fantasia' was released to movie theaters in the US.
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Hawaii.
The Northern Territory of Australia and the South Pacific were darkened by a total eclipse of the sun.
