Anesthetic was used for the first time on a dental patient by Dr. William Morton.
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The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
American animated sitcom 'The Flintstones,' which romanticized the Stone Age debuted on ABC.
Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
NASA launched the Endeavour space shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-68.
Parliament officially nominated Henry IV as Richard II's successor and proclaimed him king of England.
