Virginia became the 10th state to join the United States of America.
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Barbed wire was patented by Lucien B Smith in Ohio, US.
Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
The Supreme Court of the United States decided on the rule that police cannot examine the contents of a cell phone without a search warrant.
The rainbow flag was flown for the first time at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
American colonies recorded their first astronomical event after observing a lunar eclipse.
