A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen’s LEGO plastic bricks.
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Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Edward VI was crowned King of England after Henry VIII died.
Honeybees stung Johannes Relleke a world record 2,443 times in Zimbabwe.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.
