Louisiana became the 18th state to join the United States of America.
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Pellegrini Turri finished the construction of the world's first commercial typewriter.
The Church of Satan was established at the Black House in San Francisco.
The first Converse shoes were introduced.
Albert Einstein completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich and was awarded a Ph.D.
Adolf Hitler and his newlywed wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in their bunker in Berlin, Germany.