German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveiled the world’s first motorcycle, referred to as the Daimler Reitwagen.
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The Soviet Union's Luna 17 uncrewed space mission launched.
The US Federal Government shut down for three days.
Seventeen soldiers lost their lives in a helicopter crash during bad weather in Turkey.
The United States Marine Corps was founded when two battalions of Continental Marines came together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Colombia began a campaign to sterilize Pablo Escobar's wild hippos.
