Mexico declared war on Nazi-Germany and Japan.
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The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their 'flying machine' after applying for it three years earlier.
The Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most famous landmarks, was opened to the public by Pope Clement XIII.
When Cubs' player Billy Sunday played his first game, he struck out four times.
Ceylon adopted a new constitution to become the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Senator Brooks from South Carolina used a cane to hit a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner, after Sumner criticized slave owners.
