R&B icon Akon ceremoniously laid the first stone for Akon City, a futuristic Wakanda-like city in Senegal.
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Hurricane San Ramón was the second of three hurricanes in a row to pass through and destroy houses and plantations across Puerto Rico, Barbados, Saint Kitts, and Nevis.
Crocker-Woolworth National Bank formed its headquarters in San Francisco.
The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
The Charleston earthquake occurred, making it one of the most devastating to affect the US East Coast.
King Henry V of England died aged 35 in Château de Vincennes, France.
