The ITV network launched in the UK, which became the BBC’s first rival.
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'Friends' debuted on NBC and continued for ten seasons.
English poet and playwright Ben Jonson was arrested for manslaughter after killing Elizabethan actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.
Singer Bob Dylan played at New York's famous Carnegie Hall.
Former President Abraham Lincoln ordered the emancipation of slaves across the US from January 1, 1863.
An unidentified double flash of light was detected over the Indian Ocean south of Africa.
