Beyoncé won her 28th Grammy Award, breaking the world record for most Grammys won by an artist.
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German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin granted a patent for the navigable balloon.
US President John F. Kennedy's body was moved to its final resting place in Virginia.
Anne Miller became the first American patient to be treated with penicillin.
American inventor Eli Whitney was granted a patent for a ground-breaking new type of cotton gin.
Boston became the first American city to have a town meeting.
