James H Mason patented the first US coffee percolator.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the US.
After taking the world of technology by storm, the PC was named TIME's Man of the Year.
Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of radium.
A devastating tsunami and earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean.
The horror film 'The Exorcist,' based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, premiered.
