China finished building the world’s largest radio telescope at 1,640 feet (500 meters) long.
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Schools shut down in Singapore due to air pollution from farming practices in Indonesia.
Paul Galvin and his brother Joseph founded Motorola as the 'Galvin Manufacturing Co.' in Chicago, Illinois.
Henry Ford changed employees' working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.
Sequoia National Park was established in the Sierra Nevada region of California, USA, by the National park service.
The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal began.