French explorer Jacques Cartier discovered Prince Edward Island, off the coast of Canada.
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Argentina won West Germany at the FIFA World Cup Final held in Mexico City.
Khioniya Guseva attempted to assassinate Grigori Rasputin, believing him to be the antichrist.
The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir joined, forming the largest artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
The science Fiction Drama movie 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' premiered.
A fire destroyed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.