The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
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New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
The Territory of Mississippi was formally organized.
Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
US forces circled the city of Baghdad, which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two days later.
Booker T. Washington became the first Black person pictured on a US postage stamp.
