The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their “flying machine” after applying for it three years earlier.
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Senator Brooks from South Carolina used a cane to hit a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner, after Sumner criticized slave owners.
Napoleon stated his support of re-establishing Jerusalem for Jews.
The Reno Gang robbed its fourth train.
The 'Pact of Steel' was signed, an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
Two new moons of Saturn were found in photos from the Hubble Space Telescope by Astronomers Amanda S. Bosh and Andrew S. Rivkin.