Henry W. Seely patented the electric iron in the US.
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The US celebrated the opening of its very first drive-in cinema.
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
The Soviet Union's ill-fated Soyuz 11 mission was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Founder George Williams established the YMCA alongside ten young Christian men.
The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
