The electric typewriter went on sale for the first time in Syracuse, New York, USA.
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Doctors in New York successfully performed the world's first face and double hand transplant.
American religious leader Mary Baker Eddy was allegedly cured of her spinal injury by reading The Bible.
The very first Sims game was released for PC in North America.
The former United States Senator Strom Thurmond sent a secret memo to President Richard Nixon's aide, saying John Lennon should be deported.
Mark Zuckerberg founded the social networking website Facebook.
