London opened the world’s first public flushing toilets.
The toilet was located at 95 Fleet Street.
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The Oxygen TV Network debuted on cable.
Forty mummies were discovered and unearthed in Tuna el-Gebel, South Cairo, Egypt.
A polygraph test was conducted by its inventor, Leonarde Keeler, for the first time.
Captain William Dampier rescued British Sailor Alexander Selkirk after 52 months of being left on an island.
The first Sears retail store opened in Chicago.
