British ship Eliza Frances discovered the island of Jarvis in the South Pacific Ocean.
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Donald and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store in San Francisco, California.
The naval battle of Texel took place in the North Sea.
The first female students were enrolled at a University in Japan.
John Hampton patented the Venetian blind.
A 108-year-old message in a bottle washed up on a beach in Amrum, Germany.
