Inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell patented the pencil in the US.
He called it “sheathing with paper sheaths.”
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A meteorite weighing 8kg landed southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
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.
The People's Republic of China launched Shenzhou 1, the first uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
Pope Hilarius became the Bishop of Rome.
