Henry Hudson began a journey up the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
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The American neo-noir mystery film 'Blue Velvet' premiered in Toronto, Canada.
American department store Kohl's opened their first store in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
An extreme category 5 hurricane called Gilbert hit Jamaica, with the eye of the storm being 15 miles wide.
Crosshatch drawings discovered on a 1.5-inch piece of stone in Blombos Cave in South Africa were found to be the oldest known human drawing at 73,000 years old.
17,000-year-old cave art was discovered in France.
