The “I Robot” collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov was published by Genome Press in the US.
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The Chinese child Emperor Pu Yi ascended the Chinese throne at the age of two.
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot and killed in Medellín.
Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned the Emperor of France in Paris.
Sweden introduced a groundbreaking Freedom of Press Act, becoming the first nation to introduce freedom of speech.
The first artificial heart was successfully implanted.
