The Mayan calendar started being used.
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The Arica earthquake occurred in Peru and Ecuador.
South Park premiered on Comedy Central, with the first episode titled 'Cartman Gets an Anal Probe.'
John Smith, famous for setting up the first permanent English colony in the New World, told the first stories about Jamestown.
TikTok star Loren Gray released her first song under Capitol Records called 'My Story.'
Black soldiers were blamed for raiding a bar in Brownsville, Texas, US.