The Albanian Communist Party was formed, with Enver Hoxha as its leader.
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French master chef Vincent La Chapelle formed a Freemason’s Lodge in the Netherlands.
Category five Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the Philippines and claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people with gusts up to 145 miles per hour.
Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.
Home Box Office, otherwise known as HBO, was launched.
Canadian country singer Shania Twain released her Greatest Hits album and later received Billboard's 2004 Album of the Year.
