American explorer Charles Wilkes discovered the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
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The Austrian Civil War came to an end after four days of bloodshed.
The first known British check was written for the amount of £400.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
Egyptian King Tutankhamun's coffin was discovered.
The first commercial helicopter, Sikorsky S51, had its first test flight.
