Thomas J Martin patented the fire extinguisher.
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King Richard III of England was reburied at Leicester Cathedral, England.
A Dutch art investigator recovered Pablo Picasso's stolen 'Buste de Femme' painting. It had been missing for 20 years.
James Cameron dove into the deepest point of the Marianas Trench, Challenger Deep.
Driving tests were introduced in the UK for the first time.
The US tested the TX-17 thermonuclear bomb for the first time in Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands.