Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the first blue jeans with copper rivets.
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The Church of Scotland voted in favor of allowing openly gay men and women to be ministers.
The chandelier of the Palais Garnier Opera House broke, and its debris fell on a crowd.
Quebec held a referendum on whether to begin negotiations with Canada to become independent.
After decades of failed attempts to reach the Indies, Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut, India.
The first Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor. It was the first attempt to achieve agreement in the church.
