The People’s Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
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Inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
The University of Warsaw, Poland, was founded as a Royal University following the Partitions of Poland.
Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.
Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico on his second voyage.
