American inventor Ogden Bolton Jr. patented the first electric-powered bicycle.
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The New Year's Eve Ball was lowered in New York Times Square for the very first time.
The British East India Trading Company was given a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I.
A blue moon and a lunar eclipse occurred on the same day.
US President Harry Truman officially proclaimed the end of World War II.
Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit to break up The Beatles.
