A $1 coin was approved by the US Congress, featuring women’s suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony.
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Interplay's Fallout was released in North America for MS-DOS and Windows computers.
The three-day Great Chicago Fire was finally extinguished after destroying 3.3 square miles.
The War of the Polish Succession began when France declared war on Austria and Saxony.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical soundtrack, 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' was recorded.
Edward Seymour, the first Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, had his title stripped from him.
