South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
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Isaac Singer was granted his patent for a commercial sewing machine.
Thousands of anti-government protesters disrupted Hong Kong International Airport.
One of Mars' moons, 'Deimos,' was discovered by an American astronomer, Asaph Hall.
Former President Jimmy Carter had a lesion removed from his liver.
Ford completed their first Model T vehicle at a Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan.
