John B. Meyenberg from St. Louis, Missouri, patented powdered milk.
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USPTO received a trademark for the Kleenex brand name.
The world's largest luxury goods corporation, Louis Vuitton (LVMH), bought jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion.
The Treaty of Granada was signed, marking the end of the Grenada War, which started in 1482.
A deadly cyclone struck east India killing over 300,000 people and destroying 20,000 ships.
Telimco made the first-ever advertisement for a civilian radio set.
