Jack Fingleton, an Australian cricketer, became the first batsman to score 100 runs in four consecutive test matches.
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Inventor Leo Baekeland patented the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, which sparked the birth of the plastics industry.
Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph to the editors of 'Scientific American.'
Pearl Harbor was attacked.
One of America's oldest documented highways was completed on this day in Connecticut, USA.
The Royal Opera House opened at Covent Garden, London, England.
