The programming language “Java” was released.
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Prospect Creek Camp in Alaska recorded -80°F, making it the coldest temperature recorded in US history.
Seventeen people went on trial in the second Moscow Trials.
A Morse code distress call was made at sea, which led to the first radio sea rescue.
The most deadly earthquake in history was recorded in China in Shaanxi's province.
Hawaii was shaken by an eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano that lasted 300 days and destroyed a coastal village.
