Magellan reaches the Pacific, William Shakespeare gets hitched, the Grand Ole Opry debuts, Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci defects, and Jeffrey Dahmer is killed in prison, all on this day.
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1914: Following a World War I-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange partially re-opens for bond trading to help the war effort. It would re-open completely for stock trading in December 1914.