Inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
He called it “sheathing with paper sheaths.”
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Television broadcasting company CBS banned a Calvin Klein Jeans advertisement.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, based on J.K. Rowling's 2007 fantasy novel, was released worldwide.
One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
The University of Warsaw, Poland, was founded as a Royal University following the Partitions of Poland.
The People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
