The clarinet was invented in Nuremberg, Germany, by Johann Christoph Denner.
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US President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Morocco, where he met British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss allies during World War II.
Inventor John Hyatt registered cellulose nitrate (celluloid) as a trademark.
The country of Georgia officially adopted the Five Cross Flag after more than five hundred years since its last use.
Elizabeth Bennet became the first woman to give birth by a Cesarean section in the United States.
US President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for Martin Luther King's birthday to become a national holiday.