Thomas Edison received a patent for his new invention, the phonograph.
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Kellogg's Foods was founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
Captain William Smith discovered Williams Point at the far northeast of Livingston in the South Shetlands.
US Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders announced his second attempt to run for President.
Opera 'Alexander's Feast' by George Frideric Handel premiered in London.
Alcohol was prohibited in Kansas.
