Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
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Edward VI was crowned King of England after Henry VIII died.
The Egyptian government shut down 88% of the internet across the country.
Spain founded the Spanish Legion; an army unit made up of foreign soldiers.
The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.
A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen's LEGO plastic bricks.
