Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
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Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah became the first elected female State Senator in the United States.
Political activist and French playwright Olympe de Gouges was guillotined.
The Times of India was founded, making it the largest English-language newspaper in the world.
The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected 'SOS' (· · · – – – · · ·) as the global standard for radio distress calls.
Americans headed to the polls to vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the US Presidential Election.