Charlie Chaplin’s silent movie “The Gold Rush” was released.
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Elvis Presley performed his final performance in Indianapolis, Indiana, US.
The first Harry Potter book, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,' hit the shelves in the UK.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
The emperor of China patented the toothbrush using coarse boar bristles.
The US Navy's Vanguard SLV-2 launch vehicle failed to reach Earth's orbit.
