MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, situated on Las Vegas Strip, caught fire, killing 85 people.
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Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
British Navy Admiral William Brown and his crew discovered Honolulu Harbor.
Inventor Moses F Gale patented the cigar lighter in the US.
The movie 'Frankenstein,' based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel of the same name, was released in the US.
Saint Anterus became the Bishop of Rome.
