The first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Inventor Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine in England.
The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
Charles J. Guiteau shot US President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C.
The International Astronomical Union named Pluto's fourth and fifth moons Kerberos and Styx.