Sony released the PlayStation 3 console in North America.
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A sequel to LittleBigPlanet was released for the PlayStation Portable.
The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
A 55-year-old man became the first known person to contract COVID-19.
