Three thousand five hundred women in Iran were allowed to attend a soccer match for the first time in 40 years.
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British astronomer William Lassell discovered Neptune's largest moon, Triton.
Isaac R. Johnson received his patent for the bicycle frame.
A $1 coin was approved by the US Congress, featuring women's suffrage activist Susan B. Anthony.
Edward Seymour, the first Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, had his title stripped from him.
The three-day Great Chicago Fire was finally extinguished after destroying 3.3 square miles.
