The “Pact of Steel” was signed, an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
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Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
The White Star Liner SS Ionic was launched at the Queen's Island in Belfast.
Mexico declared war on Nazi-Germany and Japan.
Italy won the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with Måneskin's 'Zitti e buoni.'
The Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most famous landmarks, was opened to the public by Pope Clement XIII.