Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
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The original stage production of Peter Pan took place in London, England.
Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian I as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral.
Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.
Spain decreed the Laws of Burgos, the first set of laws that attempted to govern Spaniards abroad in the Americas.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.
