Elton John ended his touring career with a final concert in Stockholm, Sweden.
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The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence occurred.
The Island Express train derailed on the Peruman Bridge in India.
A flying saucer crash at Roswell, New Mexico, was broadcasted to the public.
The state of Vermont became the first to abolish adult slavery after declaring the Constitution of Vermont.
David Humphreys handed out the first recorded US passport.
