The first WHSmith railway bookstore opened at London Euston Railway Station, London, UK.
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Australia, Canada, and Turkey announced they would send armed forces to Afghanistan.
The first known performance of William Shakespeare's 'Othello' occurred at Whitehall Palace, London.
The Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, was officially opened.
A leak at a chemical factory in Basel, Switzerland, caused the Rhine to turn red.
The United States Weather Bureau made its first comprehensive weather forecast.
