Inventor Benjamin J. Lane patented the first self-contained gas mask.
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During a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service reported an alligator falling from the sky.
The first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
A peace agreement was signed between King John of England and Prince Louis VIII of France, marking the end of the Siege of Roche-au-Moine, France.
Inventor Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine in England.
The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
