Texaco was formed.
Originally named “The Texas Company,” it started from the Fee Oil Well No. 3 in Sour Lake, Texas.
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New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
Donald Trump married his first wife, Ivana Zelníčková, in Manhattan, New York.
The Territory of Mississippi was formally organized.
