US President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama amid warnings from China.
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Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
The Prussian Confederation was formed.
The USSR's uncrewed Luna 20 lunar lander successfully touched down on the surface of the Moon.
The first issue of 'The New Yorker' was published.
The first sewing machine was patented in the US.
