James H Mason patented the first US coffee percolator.
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A security patrol near RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk, UK, saw what they believed to be a UFO.
The horror film 'The Exorcist,' based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, premiered.
After taking the world of technology by storm, the PC was named TIME's Man of the Year.
JonBenét Ramsey was found dead.
Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of radium.
