Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovers Catalina Island off the coast of California.
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British Newspaper 'The Independent' was first published.
Fox News Channel began broadcasting.
A gay student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally beaten and left to die in Wyoming, US.
The first-ever infrared photo was taken in Rochester, New York.
Author Toni Morrison won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature for her work and essays about the Black American experience.
