Space probe Osiris-Rex by NASA was launched to collect rock samples from the Bennu asteroid.
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The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.
Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
London serial killer Jack the Ripper claimed his second victim, Annie Chapman.
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder, was crowned king of Germany in Mainz Cathedral by Archbishop Aribo.
