Engineer Alva J. Fisher patented the electric washing machine.
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The Battle of Pharsalus ended.
American forces made a second attack on Japan during World War II and dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
The foundations for the Tower of Pisa were placed in Italy.
Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States after Richard Nixon handed in his resignation.
The Free Soil Party was formed by 465 delegates in Buffalo.
