Queen Marie Antoinette was executed during the French Revolution.
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Maynard Jackson was elected as the first black Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
The Cuban Missile Crisis began.
A camera in London Zoo became the first camera to take selfies powered by plants.
Capcom released Devil May Cry, a game based loosely on Dante's Divine Comedy.
The English writer Charlotte Bronte's novel 'Jane Eyre' was published by Smith, Elder & Co.