A steamboat patent was granted to the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton.
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A 44 lb lobster was captured off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
A charity auction in Los Angeles saw the lyrics to 'Candle in the Wind' sell to the highest bidder at a staggering $442,500.
Argentina canonized its first female saint, Saint María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa.
The BBC broadcast the world's first science fiction television program, an adaptation of the play R.U.R.
Janet Reno became the first female to be appointed US Attorney General by President Clinton.
