Inventor Alan Clark was granted his patent for the telescope.
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The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
After nearly four and a half years of cataclysmic conflict, World War I ended.
The much-anticipated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released for PC, PS4, and Xbox 360.
Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.
German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time.