Musical “Grease” opened at the New London Theatre.
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Charlie Chaplin's silent movie 'The Gold Rush' was released.
The first Harry Potter book, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,' hit the shelves in the UK.
The emperor of China patented the toothbrush using coarse boar bristles.
William IV became king of The United Kingdom and Hanover until his death in 1837.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
