All schools and colleges in Delhi, India, were closed for a week due to dangerous levels of smog.
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The Camp Fire in California became that state's deadliest blaze after it killed 88 people and caused 52,000 people to be evacuated.
Montana became the 41st state to join the United States of America.
George H. W. Bush was elected as the 41st President of the United States of America.
Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.
The Albanian Communist Party was formed, with Enver Hoxha as its leader.