The first cafeteria in the US opened in New York City.
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Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
Inventor George Eastman patented camera shutters and trademarked the name 'Kodak.'
The first power plant in the US, 'Pearl Street Station,' in Manhattan, New York, started generating electricity.
Beatrix Potter wrote her first story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a letter for Noel Moore.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
