The legislation was passed, allowing females to be appointed as bishops of The Church of England.
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An earthquake struck Valdivia, south-central Chile, which caused a tsunami that damaged Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Japan.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
Queen Elizabeth I was coronated and re-established the protestant Church of England.
The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.