South Carolina became the 8th state to join the United States of America.
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Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundian Faction at the siege of Compiègne.
The first satellite launched by the US, the Explorer 1, stopped transmitting data.
The final episode of LOST aired.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the second in the film series, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released in the US.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
