The pilot episode of the science-fiction series “The X-Files” aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
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Hamida Djandoubi, the 'Pimp Killer,' was the last person executed by guillotine in France.
Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed between the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States of America.
Buckingham Palace, London, was blasted during The Blitz mass air bombings by Germany.
Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.