Richard Crosbie became the first Irish man to fly a hot air balloon in Ireland.
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Production of the Pixar film Toy Story began.
Thomas Edison's first overhead electric lighting system began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
Coopers Inc. started selling the world's first men's briefs in Chicago.
Miami, Florida, received snow for the first and last time ever.
The Batavian Republic was proclaimed, replacing the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
