Englishman John Walker invented modern-day wooden matches that create a flame through friction.
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Texaco was formed.
US forces circled the city of Baghdad, which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two days later.
Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted, devastating Naples in the process.
Booker T. Washington became the first Black person pictured on a US postage stamp.
The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
