J. L. Love patented his pencil sharpener in the US.
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Religious philosopher Blaise Pascal had an intense dreamlike experience he believed to be a religious vision.
The fourth and final attempt to launch the Soviet Union's N1 rocket failed.
The New York Times published Edwin Hubble's discovery that the Andromeda 'nebula' is actually a galaxy.
US President Warren G. Harding signed the Willis-Campbell Act, which took effect from this day.
The jukebox was presented for the first time at a Palais Royale, Saloon in San Francisco, California, US.
