Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
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Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.
An earthquake known as 'The Lesser Judgment Day' hit Constantinople.
Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.
George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora.
Buckingham Palace, London, was blasted during The Blitz mass air bombings by Germany.
