A Study in Scarlet became the first US edition of British detective Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Ohio became the 17th state to join the United States of America.
Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first African American female physician.
At 340 days, Astronaut Scott Kelly completed the longest single mission aboard the International Space Station.
James Cameron's Titanic became the first film to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin was found semi-conscious after suffering from a stroke.
