1788:The first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia.
1802:Congress passed an act calling for establishment of a library within the US Capitol.
1837:Michigan became the 26th state in the United States.
1950:India, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic.
1988:Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway. It would go on to become the longest-running Broadway show.
1993:Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.
2001:A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.
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