The first Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” hit the shelves in the UK.
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Richard III was crowned King of England.
The US Navy's Vanguard SLV-2 launch vehicle failed to reach Earth's orbit.
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.
Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
