R&B icon Akon ceremoniously laid the first stone for Akon City, a futuristic Wakanda-like city in Senegal.
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The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
After 25 years of fighting with the British, the IRA announced a ceasefire on Britain.
Hurricane Carol hit Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Crocker-Woolworth National Bank formed its headquarters in San Francisco.
