The oldest museum in The Netherlands, the Centraal Museum Utrecht, opened.
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Asteroid 2014 RC passed safely by Earth at a distance of 24,800 miles away.
Western Australia became the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
The Reign of Terror occurred in France, where many massacres and public executions happened during the French Revolution.
Sylvanus Bowser's invention of the gasoline pump was delivered to a dealer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US.
Gotthard Road Tunnel opened in St Gotthard, Switzerland, making it the longest tunnel in the world at the time.
