The day after being appointed, Adolf Hitler called for new elections to ensure he would win majority votes.
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Alvan Graham Clark discovered the white dwarf star Sirius B.
The French government made it so that Parisian women could legally wear pants.
Jesse James's gang robbed up to $22,000 on a train at Gads Hill, Missouri, US.
British driver Arthur MacDonald was the first to break 100 miles per hour in an automobile at Daytona Beach, Florida, US.
San Francisco's skies went dark after millions of birds flew across the city's western side.