Charlie Chaplin’s satirical movie “The Great Dictator” was released in the US.
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The first day of the Gregorian calendar began in France, Italy, Portugal, and various other Catholic states.
Aviation pioneers, the Montgolfier brothers, made the first human ascent in a hot air balloon.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft skimmed by Jupiter's moon, Lo, at just 112 miles (180 km).
Ernest Hemingway's 'To Have and Have Not' was published in the US.
At 11 years old, Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln, saying he should grow a beard.
