World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.
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Vermont became the 14th state to join the United States of America.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
The silent horror movie ''Nosferatu" was released in Berlin, making it the first-ever vampire movie.
The Senate convened for the first time after the new federal government was set up in the USA.
