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.
Donald Trump launched 59 missiles into Syria.
Texaco was formed.
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe from Cape Canaveral.
