Johannes Ostermeier patented the flashbulb for cameras.
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Anti-nuclear protests in New York City, 200,000 showed up, including Jane Fonda.
British Major John André was captured and searched by three Westchester militiamen near Tarrytown, New York, USA.
A mud volcano near Baku in Azerbaijan erupted.
Version 0.1 of the standalone open-source Mozilla Firefox web browser was released.
Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in Japan.