English clockmaker Daniel Quare gained the patents for a portable barometer to measure air pressure.
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Andrew Hallidie introduced the cable car to San Francisco after witnessing a horse and carriage accident.
A bomb exploded at the railway station in Bologna, Italy.
The Space Race began between the two Cold War rivals, the USA and the USSR.
Researchers in South Korea developed a tattoo that monitors a person's health.
Samuel Briggs and his son patented his nail-making machine.
