The “Pact of Steel” was signed, an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
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Senator Brooks from South Carolina used a cane to hit a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner, after Sumner criticized slave owners.
Mexico declared war on Nazi-Germany and Japan.
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their 'flying machine' after applying for it three years earlier.
When Cubs' player Billy Sunday played his first game, he struck out four times.
