Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
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Walt Disney incorporated his first film company called Laugh-O-Gram Studio.
South Carolina became the 8th state to join the United States of America.
The first satellite launched by the US, the Explorer 1, stopped transmitting data.
The final episode of LOST aired.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the second in the film series, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released in the US.