Henry Hudson began a journey up the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
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The animated fantasy TV show 'The Smurfs' premiered on NBC.
An extreme category 5 hurricane called Gilbert hit Jamaica, with the eye of the storm being 15 miles wide.
East London sewers were blocked by an 829-foot (253 meters), 260,000 lb (23 ton) giant fatberg.
French astronomer Charles Messier accidentally discovered the Crab Nebula while looking for the Halley comet.
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.
