The last total solar eclipse of the 20th century occurred and was visible from Europe and Asia.
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Joseph Pulitzer wrote an article in New York World to ask the public to donate towards constructing the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty.
Roman general Claudius Silvanus fraudulently proclaimed himself Roman emperor and was hacked to death.
The Apollo 11 astronauts were released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
Inventor Harvey Hubbell patented the popular light bulb with a pull chain.
Scientists discovered the oldest living Greenland Shark, with an estimated age of 392 years old.
