Swiss engineer George de Mestral patented velcro.
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Super Mario Bros was released for the Nintendo Family Computer in Japan.
American sitcom 'Soap' became the first show to display the warning 'Viewer discretion advised.'
''UFO expert” Jaime Maussan presented the bodies of two alleged aliens before the Mexican Congress.
Henry Bliss became the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States.
Howard Hughes designed and built the world's fastest plane called the H-1 racer, then, on this day, flew it at a new world speed record at 352 miles per hour in Santa Fe, California.
