Walt and Roy O. Disney founded the Walt Disney Company.
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The Tremont Hotel in Boston became the first modern hotel in the United States.
Astronomers witnessed the first neutron star collision.
The Battle of Leipzig began.
Capcom released Devil May Cry, a game based loosely on Dante's Divine Comedy.
The 85-year-old athlete Ed Whitlock broke a world record after completing a sub-4-hour marathon.