Adrian Hidalgo set the world record for spinning a diabolo around his leg 117 times in 1 minute.
Source
US cavalrymen massacred 200 Piegan Blackfeet in the Marias Massacre.
The programming language 'Java' was released.
The Royal Exchange in London was opened by Queen Elizabeth I.
A Morse code distress call was made at sea, which led to the first radio sea rescue.
A category five blizzard occurred in the Mid-Atlantic and North East US, which covered the area in 3 feet of snow.