The city planning simulation game SimCity was released for the Apple Macintosh.
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George Washington issued his 'Thanksgiving Proclamation.'
Author Edgar Allan Poe was last seen alive. He was disorientated, lying in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland, US.
Muhammed VII became the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
The last Prince of Wales, Dafydd ap Gruffudd, was the first person recorded to have been hanged, drawn, and quartered.
Violet Stewart Piercy, a long-distance runner from England, set the first recorded marathon win for women at 3:40:22.
