The Sopranos, the hit American crime drama, debuted on HBO.
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The UK's Prince Harry published Spare, his tell-all memoir on his upbringing with the Royal Family.
London Underground was opened, making it the world’s oldest underground railway system.
Maya Angelou became the first African American woman featured on a US quarter.
King Charles I and the Queen fled from London to Oxford, Hampton Court.
Julius Caesar and his armies crossed the Rubicon River, an act that directly led to the Roman Civil War.
