NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
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Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre, Paris, by Vincenzo Perugia.
John Hampton patented the Venetian blind.
The church 'Our Lady of Candlemas of Mayagüez' was founded.
The Khagan emperor, Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire, accepted the surrender of his younger brother Ariq Böke, which ended the Toluid Civil War.
Bioshock, the first-person dystopian horror shooter game, was released for Xbox 360 and PC.
