Sony released the PlayStation 3 console in North America.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony was performed for the first time in St Petersburg, Russia.
Hundreds of people died after a New England Blizzard.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon's surface.
The legislation was passed, allowing females to be appointed as bishops of The Church of England.
