The first power plant in the US, “Pearl Street Station,” in Manhattan, New York, started generating electricity.
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Arkansas' Governor used the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering school.
The fantasy TV series 'Xena: Warrior Princess' premiered on NBC in the US.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
Inventor George Eastman patented camera shutters and trademarked the name 'Kodak.'
