0580 - Chinese invents toilet paper
1498 - Michelangelo commissioned to carve the Pietà .
1768 - HM Bark Endeavour expedition under Captain James Cook sets sail from England.
1791- John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
1839 - The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.
1843 - Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
1858 - First news dispatch by telegraph.
1895 - Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
1907 - Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
1920 - 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1929 - 1st U.S. roller coaster built
1944 - World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
1946 - George Orwell published “Animal Farm”
1968 - The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” is released
1970 - The third annual Isle of Wight rock festival, which would feature the last UK performance from Jimi Hendrix, opens in Great Britain.
1985 - Ryan White, the 13-year-old AIDS patient barred from attending school in Kokomo, Indiana, begins attending middle school via computer.
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