The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to humanitarian Mother Teresa.
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The Russian Soyuz MS-18 spaceflight landed in the Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan.
The University of Greifswald was founded in Germany. It was the second university in continental Northern Europe.
The adventure comedy movie 'Around the World in 80 Days' premiered in New York, US.
Iran attempted to create the world's largest sandwich at 1,500 meters long but failed due to a crowd eating it before it was measured.
IMDB (Internet Movie Database) was founded. It was incorporated as a website in January 1996.