After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA’s Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
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The Paluweh volcano in Indonesia erupted and claimed six lives.
Missouri entered the United States Union and became the 24th state.
Floods swept through India, killing over two hundred people and displacing one million.
Two rival driverless taxi companies were given approval to operate 24/7 in San Francisco, California.
In Tanzania, people attempted to siphon petrol from an overturned fuel tanker which exploded.
