The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their “flying machine” after applying for it three years earlier.
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Namco installed the first Pac-Man arcade machine in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most famous landmarks, was opened to the public by Pope Clement XIII.
Senator Brooks from South Carolina used a cane to hit a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner, after Sumner criticized slave owners.
Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson set a Guinness World Record for the Most selfies taken in three minutes.
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