George Smith, a London taxi driver, became the first person ever to be fined for drunk driving.
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Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
An earthquake known as 'The Lesser Judgment Day' hit Constantinople.
George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora.
Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.
The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.