P.T. Barnum purchased the world-famous circus elephant Jumbo.
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New Zealand suffered its most fatal natural disaster in history during the Hawke's Bay Earthquake.
5 Seconds of Summer member Luke Hemmings posted his first YouTube video.
Mother Teresa and The Pope met in Calcutta, where they both fed the sick.
The first paper money was issued in America in the Colony of Massachusetts.
Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly died during a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
