A highwayman, Nicolas Pelletier, was the first man to be executed by the guillotine in Paris, France.
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Nicaragua elected its first-ever female President, Violeta Chamorro.
The Chongzhen Emperor died by suicide during a peasant rebellion.
New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.
The Discovery Space Shuttle deployed the Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit.
President Harry Truman opened the two-lane White House bowling alley.
