Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa’s first black president.
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Christopher Columbus spotted the Cayman Islands.
The first telephone was installed in the telegraph room in the White House, thanks to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
The disaster movie 'Twister' by Michael Crichton premiered.
The Golden Spike was driven.
Jeffrey Dahmer got baptized while in prison at Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.
