Inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
He called it “sheathing with paper sheaths.”
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The People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer star, scored his 1,000th goal.
One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.
A meteorite weighing 8kg landed southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
