After parading around New York City, the Apollo 11 crew was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.
Berlin's city became entirely divided in two, with all borders sealed between the east and west.
Black soldiers were blamed for raiding a bar in Brownsville, Texas, US.
Carl Gustav Witt discovered the first near-Earth asteroid, 433 Eros.
The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper was published for the first time.
