George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora.
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Inventor Elias Howe was awarded the patent for the lockstitch sewing machine.
Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed between the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States of America.
Buckingham Palace, London, was blasted during The Blitz mass air bombings by Germany.
An earthquake known as 'The Lesser Judgment Day' hit Constantinople.
