Michael Jackson accepted the Artist of the Century award in Los Angeles at the American Music Awards.
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Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
The first-ever all-female golf tournament was held.
During the Black Death persecutions, 700 Jews were burned alive in their own homes in Basel, Netherlands.
Jean Pierre Blanchard flew the first hot air balloon in the US.
Connecticut became the 5th state to join the United States of America.
