The oldest natural pearl discovered off the Abu Dhabi coast was estimated to be 8,000 years old.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ITOS-B weather satellite launched atop a Delta rocket.
Major Australian newspapers blacked out their front pages in protest against press restrictions on printing whistleblower stories.
The benefit concert 'United We Stand' led by Michael Jackson took place to stand up against terrorism.
Native American Kateri Tekakwitha became the first native to become a saint.
English chemist John Dalton read his first atomic theory paper to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical society.
