Australia’s first university, The University of Sydney, was inaugurated.
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Around 200,000 people marched through Washington, D.C. streets to fight for gay and lesbian civil rights.
The Aleppo, Syria earthquake occurred and was one of the deadliest in history, killing around 230,000 Syrians.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.
The American sketch comedy series 'Saturday Night Live' premiered on US television.
NASA launched its first space probe, Pioneer 1.
