The first power plant in the US, “Pearl Street Station,” in Manhattan, New York, started generating electricity.
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Peter III of Aragon became the King of Sicily.
International TV game show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' was shown for the first time in the UK, with Chris Tarrant as the host.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.
Amazon became the second company in the world to be worth over $1 trillion.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
