Inventor Moses F Gale patented the cigar lighter in the US.
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Benito Mussolini and Leandro Arpinati led squads of fighters in the melee between Fascists and Socialists in Bologna, Italy.
British Navy Admiral William Brown and his crew discovered Honolulu Harbor.
Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presented the first measurements of the speed of light.
North Carolina became the 12th state to join the United States of America.
