Inventor William Austin Burt patented the typographer, also known as the typewriter in the US.
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The Chinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.
Benjamin Franklin sailed from England back to the US to work for a Quaker merchant in Philadelphia.
Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
British boyband One Direction was formed during X-Factor UK.
