Pakistan became the first Islamic Republic in the world.
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Ricky Martin's 'Livin' La Vida Loca' was released.
Elisha Otis installed his first commercial elevator at 488 Broadway in New York City, US.
Researchers in England declared that the skull in William Shakespeare's grave was probably stolen and replaced with someone else's by grave robbers.
The University of California was founded.
Russia's Mir Space Station was deorbited over the South Pacific Ocean.
