French astronomer Pierre Janssen first recorded evidence of helium, a then-unknown element.
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President Woodrow Wilson issued a Proclamation of Neutrality.
The world's oldest cheese dating back 3,200 years, was discovered in an Ancient Egyptian tomb near Cairo.
There were sightings of a giant sea serpent in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Major Gordon Laing became the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
James Meredith became the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
