The University of Greifswald was founded in Germany. It was the second university in continental Northern Europe.
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The adventure comedy movie 'Around the World in 80 Days' premiered in New York, US.
Nine regicides of King Charles I were sentenced to death.
The Russian Soyuz MS-18 spaceflight landed in the Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan.
IMDB (Internet Movie Database) was founded. It was incorporated as a website in January 1996.
Thomas Edison filed his patent for the Optical Phonograph.