Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was laid to rest in Detroit as thousands turned up to pay tributes.
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The Slave Abolition Act was passed and came into effect the following year on August 1.
Toyota Motor Corporation was founded after operating as a division of Toyoda Automatic Looms for six years.
Tokyo celebrated the country's first LGBTQ+ pride parade.
Caleb Bradham's beverage 'Brad's Drink' was renamed 'Pepsi-Cola.'
Nature magazine published findings of a 3.8-million-year-old skull found in Ethiopia, which questioned our previous theories of human evolution.
