North Carolina became the 12th state to join the United States of America.
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Inventor Moses F Gale patented the cigar lighter in the US.
French chemistry and physics teacher Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made his first successful balloon flight.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was released in Japan for the N64.
Benito Mussolini and Leandro Arpinati led squads of fighters in the melee between Fascists and Socialists in Bologna, Italy.
Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, fell to the armies of Timur.
