The English writer Charlotte Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre” was published by Smith, Elder & Co.
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The Tremont Hotel in Boston became the first modern hotel in the United States.
The Cuban Missile Crisis began.
Astronomers witnessed the first neutron star collision.
A stampede of 47,000 football fans killed 84 people and injured 180 more in Guatemala City.
The 85-year-old athlete Ed Whitlock broke a world record after completing a sub-4-hour marathon.
