A steamboat patent was granted to the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton.
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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.
The Holy Emperor Charles V and King Henry VIII of England became allies against France.
Nelson Mandela was released from prison after being incarcerated for 27 years in South Africa.
