The first Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” hit the shelves in the UK.
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Fifty countries signed the United Nations Charter in San Francisco.
Charlie Chaplin's silent movie 'The Gold Rush' was released.
William IV became king of The United Kingdom and Hanover until his death in 1837.
Musical 'Grease' opened at the New London Theatre.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
