Inventor Daniel Cooper patented the first time clock in the US.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre horror film premiered in cinemas in Los Angeles, California.
American romantic fantasy movie 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I' premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
Anne Frank and her sister Margot Frank were deported from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen.
The Bosphorus Bridge was completed in Turkey.
Nat Turner was arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
