The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
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This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
A sequel to LittleBigPlanet was released for the PlayStation Portable.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony was performed for the first time in St Petersburg, Russia.
A 55-year-old man became the first known person to contract COVID-19.
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.
