The New York Eye Infirmary opened, and it was the first specialty hospital of its kind in the western hemisphere.
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SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft carrying the first supercomputer to space.
Mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown claimed the lives of 1,141 people and left 3,00 without homes.
Singapore opened the world's first Summer Youth Olympics Games.
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
The first-ever Japanese patent was issued.
