The Power of Symphony by William Hill Brown became the first novel published in America.
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Li Na became the first Asian-born tennis player to be entered into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
King of France, Louis XVI, faced gruesome guillotine execution for high treason.
A medical paper on smallpox was published in Boston, making it the first medical publication in American history.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by British crime writer Agatha Christie, was published in the UK.
A meteorite that hit Australia 2.2 billion years ago was announced as Earth's oldest recognized meteorite impact structure.