Inventor George Eastman patented camera shutters and trademarked the name “Kodak.”
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Amazon became the second company in the world to be worth over $1 trillion.
The first cafeteria in the US opened in New York City.
Beatrix Potter wrote her first story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a letter for Noel Moore.
International TV game show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' was shown for the first time in the UK, with Chris Tarrant as the host.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
