Inventor Phillip W Pratt obtained the patent for his sprinkler system designed to extinguish fires.
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Finnish long-distance runner Taisto Mäki broke the 10,000-meter world record in 29:52:06.
During the Senate climate crisis task force, climate change activity Greta Thunberg said, 'You're not trying hard enough. Sorry.'
King Charles VI of France suddenly declared that no Jew may live under his rule, following complaints from Christians in France.
German-British astronomer William Herschel discovered the moon of Saturn, 'Mimas.'
The fourth great fire of San Francisco happened, destroying a considerable portion of the city.
