Henry Laurens became the first person to be cremated in the US.
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The Clifton Suspension Bridge was finally opened.
The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
John Lennon had his last professional photoshoot.
Abraham Lincoln issued his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.
