The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan began.
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The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
The TIROS satellite transmitted the first-ever TV picture from space.
Marvin Gaye died after his father shot him twice in Los Angeles.
The Bolivian city of Potosí was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.
Canada formed the territory of Nunavut to recognize the traditional lands of their native Inuit people.
