One thousand Nigerian troops were airlifted into Liberia to end the occupation of Monrovia.
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Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila founded Panama City.
Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope detected a deep-space radio signal.
The Indian Appropriations Act added the sell or starve clause.
The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican opened for its first mass.
An all-steel church called San Sebastian Church opened in Manila, Philippines.
