The British Broadcasting Company Ltd (BBC) was founded.
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Hurricane Hazel hit the American East Coast and became the worst to hit North America.
American independent adventure movie 'My Own Private Idaho,' starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, was released.
The Normans defeated the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
American gangster Al Capone pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
Canada legally declared women as 'persons.'
