Mexico declared war on Nazi-Germany and Japan.
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Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
Namco installed the first Pac-Man arcade machine in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Ceylon adopted a new constitution to become the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Two new moons of Saturn were found in photos from the Hubble Space Telescope by Astronomers Amanda S. Bosh and Andrew S. Rivkin.
Napoleon stated his support of re-establishing Jerusalem for Jews.
