The first power plant in the US, “Pearl Street Station,” in Manhattan, New York, started generating electricity.
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Inventor George Eastman patented camera shutters and trademarked the name 'Kodak.'
Beatrix Potter wrote her first story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a letter for Noel Moore.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.
Amazon became the second company in the world to be worth over $1 trillion.
Google was founded.
