Inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
He called it “sheathing with paper sheaths.”
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The Great Flood of St Petersburg killed 10,000 people and affected almost half a million more.
Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer star, scored his 1,000th goal.
The British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson became Britain's Poet Laureate.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, based on J.K. Rowling's 2007 fantasy novel, was released worldwide.
The People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
