R&B icon Akon ceremoniously laid the first stone for Akon City, a futuristic Wakanda-like city in Senegal.
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Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Micah Rugg patented a machine for dressing bolt heads.
The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
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.
A body was found in London, which was revealed to be Mary Ann Nichols, who was a victim of the serial killer Jack the Ripper.
