Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
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Margaret Atwood published 'The Testaments,' a sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale,' which she released 15 years prior.
George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora.
Hamida Djandoubi, the 'Pimp Killer,' was the last person executed by guillotine in France.
Archaeologists and scientists discovered a new human-like species inside caves in South Africa.
The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
