Christopher Columbus wrote about tobacco use by the natives of New England.
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American businessman King Camp Gillette was granted his patent for the safety razor.
The Soviet Union's uncrewed Buran space shuttle completed its first and only space flight.
The US held its first poultry show at Boston's Public Garden.
On his second voyage, Charles Darwin arrived at Tahiti and noted rich fertile lands and intelligent natives.
The Continental Congress ratified the Articles of Confederation, the first government rule for the newly-formed United States of America.
