Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
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NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
Mozart's last opera, 'The Magic Flute,' premiered in Vienna.
The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
For the first time, scientists captured images of a live giant squid in its natural environment.