William Painter secured a patent for the capped bottle opener.
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The United States had its first official COVID-19 related death.
The colony of Victoria, Australia, was hit by the Black Thursday bushfires, burning 19,000 square miles.
Asian record where temperatures plummeted to -90° F in Oymyakon, Russia.
The world's most infamous clown, John Wayne Gacy, went on trial after he murdered 33 young men in Cook County, Illinois.
In the United Kingdom, women over the age of 30 were granted the right to vote.
