Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph to the editors of “Scientific American.”
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The Royal Opera House opened at Covent Garden, London, England.
A 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, killed 25,000-50,000 people and left up to 500,000 homeless.
An assassination attempt was made on the First Lady of the Philippines.
Coca-Cola was named the world's largest plastic polluter by the charity 'Break Free From Plastic.'
Justin II of Byzantine adopted Tiberius, his general, and proclaimed him Caesar.
