Toyota Motor Corporation was founded after operating as a division of Toyoda Automatic Looms for six years.
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Caleb Bradham's beverage 'Brad's Drink' was renamed 'Pepsi-Cola.'
British explorer Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.
Half a million people in South East England were left without electricity.
Greta Gerwig's Barbie became Warner Bros. highest-grossing film of all time with $1.34 billion in revenue.
The Slave Abolition Act was passed and came into effect the following year on August 1.