Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the first blue jeans with copper rivets.
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President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.
Elton John and his entourage flew into Moscow, making him the first western pop star to tour the USSR.
Quebec held a referendum on whether to begin negotiations with Canada to become independent.
Hard Job Being God, a Broadway musical, closed at the Edison Theater NYC after six performances.
The Pictish armies of King Bridei Mac Bili won a decisive victory over the armies of Northumbria at the Battle of Dun Nechtain.
