George Bruce received the first US design patents for typefaces and bordering.
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The first sustained flight of over five minutes was achieved and traveled three miles in the process.
King Edward VII was gifted with The Cullinan Diamond (the world's largest diamond) on his 60th birthday.
Paul Rudd was named People Magazine's 2021 Sexiest Man Alive.
The European Space Agency launched the Venus Express, the first European spacecraft to reach Venus.
The Berlin Wall began to fall.