Inventor Elisha Otis acquired a patent for a steam engine for elevators.
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Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom opened at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida.
A Chinese Long March rocket launched the Belarussian government's Belintersat-1 satellite into orbit.
Queen Elizabeth I claimed the throne after her half-sister, Queen Mary I, died November 17, 1558.
US Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River, NYC.
Hunga Tonga, a volcano in Tonga, erupted, which triggered tsunami warnings from the US and Chile to Japan and Australia.
