Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the first blue jeans with copper rivets.
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Elton John and his entourage flew into Moscow, making him the first western pop star to tour the USSR.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.
Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in London.
The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope was shown to members of the National Federation of Women's Club.
The US Air Force Space Command launched the Boeing X-37B spaceplane for a classified mission.
