A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
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The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.
