Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
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Fifty countries signed the United Nations Charter in San Francisco.
Charlie Chaplin's silent movie 'The Gold Rush' was released.
Elvis Presley performed his final performance in Indianapolis, Indiana, US.
Musical 'Grease' opened at the New London Theatre.
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
