A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
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An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.
