William Painter secured a patent for the capped bottle opener.
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Turkey and Syria were struck by a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 59,259 people.
Asian record where temperatures plummeted to -90° F in Oymyakon, Russia.
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched the world's most powerful rocket, 'Falcon Heavy.'
In the United Kingdom, women over the age of 30 were granted the right to vote.
The world's most infamous clown, John Wayne Gacy, went on trial after he murdered 33 young men in Cook County, Illinois.
