Japan opened its borders to tourists after two years of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alexander Miles patented the automatic opening and closing elevator.
Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein detailing the possibility of atomic weapons.
NASA launched its first space probe, Pioneer 1.
The Russian Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft malfunctioned during takeoff and made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.