Georgia became the 4th state to join the United States of America.
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Mercurius became Pope John II, making him the first pope to change their name after attaining popehood.
The mapping of Mars' surface began.
A bus plunged 400ft from a cliff in Malshej Ghat, India, killing thirty people.
The Alemanni crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers and invaded the Roman Empire.
A patent was awarded to Willis Carrier, which gave us the world’s first Air Conditioner.
