A polymer note replaced the paper £20 note in the UK.
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The Station nightclub in Rhode Island burned down, killing 100 people.
Fifteen-year-old Tara Lipinski became the youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist.
American movie studio executives allowed the Office of War Information to review their scripts.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the first time in New York City.
US President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act.
