Inventor Otis Tufts patented the first elevator in the US.
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An inflatable chicken that resembled US President Donald Trump was placed outside the US White House as part of a political protest.
The foundations for the Tower of Pisa were placed in Italy.
Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States after Richard Nixon handed in his resignation.
The USSR launched the Mars 7 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in modern-day Kazakhstan.
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