The first telephone directory was issued, which consisted of a single card with 50 names and addresses in Connecticut, USA.
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US President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama amid warnings from China.
The first issue of 'The New Yorker' was published.
Gerald Holtom presented his peace symbol design to the British Direct Action Committee, who accepted it immediately.
The first sewing machine was patented in the US.
Russia declared the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states.