Inventor Harvey Hubbell patented the popular light bulb with a pull chain.
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Scientists discovered the oldest living Greenland Shark, with an estimated age of 392 years old.
American steamship S. S. Arapahoe became the first to use the signal 'SOS' off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA.
The world's first roller skating rink opened in Rhode Island.
Roman general Claudius Silvanus fraudulently proclaimed himself Roman emperor and was hacked to death.
Joseph Pulitzer wrote an article in New York World to ask the public to donate towards constructing the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty.
