Author Edgar Allan Poe was last seen alive. He was disorientated, lying in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland, US.
The next time someone saw him was his dead body on October 8, and the cause of his death is a complete mystery today.
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WERD, the first African-American-owned radio station in the US, made its first broadcast.
George Washington issued his 'Thanksgiving Proclamation.'
Muhammed VII became the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
A Neptune-sized exomoon became the first one discovered outside the Solar System.
The city planning simulation game SimCity was released for the Apple Macintosh.
