The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
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NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
Parliament officially nominated Henry IV as Richard II's successor and proclaimed him king of England.
The 6.4 magnitude Latur earthquake in India killed nearly 10,000 people.
Anesthetic was used for the first time on a dental patient by Dr. William Morton.
Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
