West Virginia became the first state to impose a sales tax.
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India's first-ever full-length film, Raja Harishchandra, was released in theaters.
The Kilauea volcano on Big Island in Hawaii began to erupt.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle landed at the Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-90.
Three-year-old English girl Madeleine McCann went missing while on vacation with her parents, family, and friends in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
An F5 tornado hit Oklahoma City, where the highest global wind speeds were recorded.
