Prince Regent George Augustus Frederick purchased the first copy of Jane Austen’s novel “”Sense and Sensibility.”
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Explorer Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba.
Macy's Department Store first opened.
Forty-two people were buried alive in a landslide in Bafoussam, Cameroon.
The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino was founded in the Dominican Republic.
The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 100th birthday.
