Zhai Zhigang became the first person from China to perform a spacewalk while on the Shenzhou 7 mission.
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Locomotion No. 1 became the first passenger-carrying steam-powered locomotive and was driven by George and Stephenson.
John Adams was selected to negotiate a peace treaty of commerce with Great Britain following the Revolutionary war.
The first Ford Model T car was assembled.
The latter of two total lunar eclipses was seen from the Americas.
During the American Revolution, Lancaster in Pennsylvania became the capital of the United States for just one day.
