Engineer Alva J. Fisher patented the electric washing machine.
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The USSR launched the Mars 7 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in modern-day Kazakhstan.
Child actress Jennette McCurdy released her book 'I'm Glad My Mom Died.'
The Battle of Pharsalus ended.
Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States after Richard Nixon handed in his resignation.
The foundations for the Tower of Pisa were placed in Italy.
