The first eclipse observation from a hot air balloon took place at 11,500 feet altitude by Dmitri Mendeleev in Russia.
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Apple became the first US company to be valued at $2 trillion.
Russia's Luna 25 lunar lander mission crash-landed on the Moon.
The musical 'Yip! Yip! Yaphank!' by Irving Berlin premiered at the Century Theatre in New York City.
One woman and four men were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, bringing the total to 20 during the witch trials.
Adolphe Célestin Pégoud became Europe's first man to use a parachute.
