Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
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Booker T. Washington became the first Black person pictured on a US postage stamp.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
US forces circled the city of Baghdad, which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two days later.
France initiated the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice.
Donald Trump launched 59 missiles into Syria.