The movie “Malcolm X,” starring Denzel Washington, was released in the US.
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The people of Latvia gathered together to proclaim the Republic of Latvia as an independent nation.
After two and a half years of Alpha and Beta development, the full version of Minecraft was released.
St. Elizabeth's flood began in the evening when a seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands broke.
St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican City was consecrated, becoming the world's largest Christian basilica.
Push-button telephones were made available to the general public for the first time.
