Thomas Edison filed his patent for the Optical Phonograph.
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The University of Greifswald was founded in Germany. It was the second university in continental Northern Europe.
The Russian Soyuz MS-18 spaceflight landed in the Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan.
Lana Del Rey's song 'Video Games' was named song of the decade at the Q Awards in London.
Infamous gangster, Al Capone, was convicted of income tax evasion.
The Treaty of Campo Formio was signed between France and Austria.
