Andrea Bocelli made his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia.
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Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange.
LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and the founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet.com.
Iowa became the 29th state to join the United States of America.
The first major rock festival held on America's east coast took place.
Hong Kong began to slaughter the city's 1.6 million chickens to stop the spread of an influenza strain.
