Inventor William Gray received a patent for creating the telephone that uses coins to operate it.
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Berlin's city became entirely divided in two, with all borders sealed between the east and west.
Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani became the world’s first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.
Saint John I became the Catholic Pope.
John Smith, famous for setting up the first permanent English colony in the New World, told the first stories about Jamestown.
After parading around New York City, the Apollo 11 crew was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
