Inventor Benjamin J. Lane patented the first self-contained gas mask.
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Charles J. Guiteau shot US President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C.
The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
The first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson.
During a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service reported an alligator falling from the sky.