Prospect Creek Camp in Alaska recorded -80°F, making it the coldest temperature recorded in US history.
Source
Adrian Hidalgo set the world record for spinning a diabolo around his leg 117 times in 1 minute.
A Morse code distress call was made at sea, which led to the first radio sea rescue.
The most deadly earthquake in history was recorded in China in Shaanxi's province.
The programming language 'Java' was released.
Seventeen people went on trial in the second Moscow Trials.
