St. Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican City was consecrated, becoming the world’s largest Christian basilica.
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Suffragette Susan B. Anthony was arrested in New York State for illegally voting in the presidential race.
Push-button telephones were made available to the general public for the first time.
After two and a half years of Alpha and Beta development, the full version of Minecraft was released.
The movie 'Malcolm X,' starring Denzel Washington, was released in the US.
St. Elizabeth's flood began in the evening when a seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands broke.