The first idea of a fire escape was patented.
The escape consisted of a wicker basket attached to a pulley and chain.
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Racer Bob Burman died after crashing his race car in Corona, California.
Construction of the Bahrain World Trade Center was officially completed.
The iconic historical Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire, England, was dedicated to Bishop Walkelin.
The first person in the world to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's died.
German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss became the first person to prove quadratic reciprocity law.
