Read today about who invented the cans with a knife, how much the first atomic clock cost, and why an actor Tim Allen was arrested.

1. 1721. African camel was first advertised in the USA. The message in Boston Gazzette newspaper informed that the unprecedented show of animal with height of 7 feet (2 meters) and a length of 12 feet (3.6 meters) would be held in Boston, Massachusetts.

2. 1866. J. Osterhoudt from New York was the first in the U.S. to patent a tin can with key opener.

3. 1903. In Chicago, Illinois, the first U.S steam turbine was launched. Unlike a piston engine, the turbine took three times less place, had eight times less weight, and it was three times cheaper.

4. 1919. In the White House, the president Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive stroke. As a result, his left half of the body was paralyzed, which led to the end of his presidency.

5. 1956. In New York City, the first U.S. atomic clock priced at 50 thousand dollars was represented.

6. 1963. On the territory of Haiti, there was a 4-category Hurricane Flora, which took the lives of nearly 5,000 people. Giant wave with height of 12 feet (3.6 meters) destroyed houses in the coastal area. Strong wind blew off other buildings.

7. 1978. In Kalamazoo, Michigan, an actor Tim Allen, known for his films “Santa Claus”, “From jungle to jungle, “The Shaggy Dog” was arrested for attempted sale of narcotics to undercover agent.

8. 1999. At the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, a scandalous exhibition of the artist Chris Ofili, whose parents were from Nigeria, was opened. At the entrance there was a warning that the views of some items may cause vomiting, shock, confusion, panic, euphoria and anxiety. The main subject of a scandal between the sculptor and the mayor was a cloth with the image of black Virgin Mary. The ornament contained the elements of elephant dung. Rudolph Giuliani said that such “art” insults feelings of religious people.