The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
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Booker T. Washington became the first Black person pictured on a US postage stamp.
Donald Trump married his first wife, Ivana Zelníčková, in Manhattan, New York.
Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
The Territory of Mississippi was formally organized.
The United Nations formed the World Health Organization (WHO).
