The US had its first sword-swallowing performance in New York City.
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The crew aboard the International Space Station celebrated Thanksgiving.
A fatal earthquake killed 80,000 people near the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.
A peasant uprising called the Cudgel War began in Finland.
The UK approved the first American patent.
John B. Meyenberg from St. Louis, Missouri, patented powdered milk.
