New Zealand singer Lorde released her debut album “Pure Heroine.”
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Barbra Streisand released her single 'The Way We Were.'
Locomotion No. 1 became the first passenger-carrying steam-powered locomotive and was driven by George and Stephenson.
The latter of two total lunar eclipses was seen from the Americas.
The Society of Jesus was founded by Ignatius of Loyola alongside six companions.
During the American Revolution, Lancaster in Pennsylvania became the capital of the United States for just one day.
