Sixty-six people died in Sverdlovsk, USSR, when a bio-warfare lab accidentally released airborne anthrax.
Source
COVID-19 claimed the life of comedian Eddie Large from 'Little and Large.'
Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.
New York Times Newspaper officially declared that the Cold War was over.
