Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the new capital of Canada.
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Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Caesar's Palace Fountain.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe announced that she would end her 52-year-long reign.
Blizzard Entertainment released the first Diablo game.
NASA successfully put two satellites designed to study the Moon's interior structure into the Moon's orbit.
Roman Emperor Commodus survived an assassination attempt.
