The Paluweh volcano in Indonesia erupted and claimed six lives.
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The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA's Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
The 14th IAAF World Championships opened in Moscow, Russia.
Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its 'Roundup' weed killer.
A century-old fruit cake was discovered in Antarctica that was ''almost edible.”
