British ship Eliza Frances discovered the island of Jarvis in the South Pacific Ocean.
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The first female students were enrolled at a University in Japan.
Bioshock, the first-person dystopian horror shooter game, was released for Xbox 360 and PC.
Hawaii enters Union as 50th state.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre, Paris, by Vincenzo Perugia.
The Khagan emperor, Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire, accepted the surrender of his younger brother Ariq Böke, which ended the Toluid Civil War.
