Inventor Elisha Otis acquired a patent for a steam engine for elevators.
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A Chinese Long March rocket launched the Belarussian government's Belintersat-1 satellite into orbit.
Construction of The Pentagon was completed.
The World Economic Forum announced that there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by as early as 2050.
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.
