The Prussian Confederation was formed.
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Russia declared the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.
The first sewing machine was patented in the US.
The first issue of 'The New Yorker' was published.
Edwin Land presented his Polaroid photo product, the world's first instant photos, in New York City.
Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
