German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveiled the world’s first motorcycle, referred to as the Daimler Reitwagen.
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Seventeen soldiers lost their lives in a helicopter crash during bad weather in Turkey.
The Festival of Reason was held at Notre Dame, Paris.
The United States Marine Corps was founded when two battalions of Continental Marines came together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The US Federal Government shut down for three days.
NASA declared the conclusion of the Phoenix mission after contact was lost with the Phoenix lander.
