Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
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Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
Mississippi was admitted to the Union, making it the 20th American state.
One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.
Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
