The first non-stop flight from America to Asia took place.
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Finland's Parliament House in Helsinki was inaugurated.
Newsroom on BBC2 switched to color, making it the first color news in the UK.
Napoleon I of France won the Battle of Craonne, stopping Russian and Prussian forces in Northern France.
A COVID-19 quarantine hotel collapsed in China, leaving 70 people trapped.
Dr. John Kellogg served the world's first cornflakes.