The Sopranos, the hit American crime drama, debuted on HBO.
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Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus and became the twentieth pope of Rome.
The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.
London Underground was opened, making it the world’s oldest underground railway system.
Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
Maya Angelou became the first African American woman featured on a US quarter.
