A flying saucer crash at Roswell, New Mexico, was broadcasted to the public.
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The Wall Street Journal issued its first paper.
The state of Vermont became the first to abolish adult slavery after declaring the Constitution of Vermont.
The Island Express train derailed on the Peruman Bridge in India.
The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence occurred.
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot in the city of Naga while giving a speech.