Hyman Lipman patented the pencil with an eraser on top.
His patent included a metal ferrule to keep the eraser in place.
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The Heinkel He 100 fighter set a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
Starbucks first opened its doors in Seattle, Washington, USA.
The United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss constructed the first heptadecagon using a ruler and a compass.
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.