Queen Anne knighted Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
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The Texas City industrial incident occurred, killing 536 people.
Abraham Lincoln outlawed business with the Confederate States during the Civil War.
The Argentinian city of Salta was founded as an outpost between Buenos Aires, Peru, and Lima.
Martin Luther arrived at the Diet of Worms in Worms, Germany.
A total of 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes gathered at the Chaplin Museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
