Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
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King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir were assassinated in Lisbon.
The first reusable spacecraft called ''Space Shuttle Columbia" broke apart when returning to Earth, and all seven astronauts on board died.
The first scientific hand-held calculators (HP-35) hit the markets with a hefty price tag at $395.
House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, was released as a Netflix Original.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
