The first merry-go-round debuted at a fair in Philippopolis, Turkey.
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Massachusetts became the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage.
A pair of Michael Jordan's Air Jordan sneakers sold for a record $560,000 at auction.
The first televised baseball game was broadcasted on NBC, featuring Princeton defeating Colombia 2-1.
The diaries of Lord Byron were burned by six of the poet's friends.
The Naval Act of 1938 passed in United States legislation.
