Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
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Political activist and French playwright Olympe de Gouges was guillotined.
The Soviet Union sent a dog into space aboard the spacecraft Sputnik II.
The One World Trade Center opened on the original World Trade Center site.
The Times of India was founded, making it the largest English-language newspaper in the world.
Emperor Constantius II was baptized on his deathbed hours before passing.