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.
Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland.
The chandelier of the Palais Garnier Opera House broke, and its debris fell on a crowd.
The US Air Force Space Command launched the Boeing X-37B spaceplane for a classified mission.
The first Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor. It was the first attempt to achieve agreement in the church.
