Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
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The 'Flushing Remonstrance' petition was signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which protested the ban on Quaker worship.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
After forty years as a fascist nation, Spain transitioned to a democratic government.
Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.
