Apple released the first computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) called the Lisa.
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Coopers Inc. started selling the world's first men's briefs in Chicago.
The popular board game Scrabble went on sale in the UK.
Thomas Edison's first overhead electric lighting system began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
Miami, Florida, received snow for the first and last time ever.
The Batavian Republic was proclaimed, replacing the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
