The first Sears retail store opened in Chicago.
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A polygraph test was conducted by its inventor, Leonarde Keeler, for the first time.
Captain William Dampier rescued British Sailor Alexander Selkirk after 52 months of being left on an island.
Forty mummies were discovered and unearthed in Tuna el-Gebel, South Cairo, Egypt.
The Great Fall River fire destroyed many businesses downtown in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Queen Victoria's funeral took place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England.
