Henry Bliss became the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States.
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Howard Hughes designed and built the world's fastest plane called the H-1 racer, then, on this day, flew it at a new world speed record at 352 miles per hour in Santa Fe, California.
''UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.
Chemist Michael Faraday discovered the Faraday Effect.
'Uncle Sam' became the official nickname of the United States.
Michelangelo began his three-year project sculpting the Statue of David.
