Inventor Richard Rhodes received the patent for a hearing aid.
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Version 0.1 of the standalone open-source Mozilla Firefox web browser was released.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.
The Japanese Space Agency sent two robots to explore an asteroid aboard their Hayabusa-2 spacecraft.
Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in Japan.
Anti-nuclear protests in New York City, 200,000 showed up, including Jane Fonda.
