Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
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Two bombs exploded in pubs in central Birmingham, UK.
Pope Sergius I consecrated Willibrord as bishop of the Frisians at the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, Italy.
French chemistry and physics teacher Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made his first successful balloon flight.
British Navy Admiral William Brown and his crew discovered Honolulu Harbor.
Inventor Moses F Gale patented the cigar lighter in the US.
