The Sopranos, the hit American crime drama, debuted on HBO.
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Maya Angelou became the first African American woman featured on a US quarter.
Indian Assam Tea was brought to the United Kingdom for the very first time.
The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.
Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus and became the twentieth pope of Rome.
Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
