Edwin Prescott was awarded a patent for the vertical loop Roller Coaster.
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The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.
Queen Victoria of Britain sent the first-ever transatlantic telegraph to US President James Buchanan.
Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
The Junkers Ju 287, the first jet with forward-swept wings, made its first flight.
A solar flare from the sun created a geomagnetic storm, which caused Toronto's stock market to halt.
