Petra Schneider set a world record by swimming 1,500 meters freestyle in just 15:43:31.
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Maya Angelou became the first African American woman featured on a US quarter.
King Charles I and the Queen fled from London to Oxford, Hampton Court.
The Sopranos, the hit American crime drama, debuted on HBO.
Indian Assam Tea was brought to the United Kingdom for the very first time.
London Underground was opened, making it the world’s oldest underground railway system.
