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 power plant in the US, 'Pearl Street Station,' in Manhattan, New York, started generating electricity.
China's space agency launched a classified spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
Mother Teresa was declared a saint by Pope Francis during a ceremony at the Vatican.
Arkansas' Governor used the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering school.
