North Carolina became the 12th state to join the United States of America.
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MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, situated on Las Vegas Strip, caught fire, killing 85 people.
Pope Sergius I consecrated Willibrord as bishop of the Frisians at the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, Italy.
A literal banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million in New York.
British Navy Admiral William Brown and his crew discovered Honolulu Harbor.
French chemistry and physics teacher Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made his first successful balloon flight.
