Carl Nassib became the first openly-gay NFL player to play a regular-season game.
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J.K. Rowling published the 5th Harry Potter book 'The Order of the Phoenix.'
Burning the US flag was deemed legal.
Cyrus McCormick patented the reaping machine.
Two newly discovered moons orbiting Pluto were named Nix and Hydra.
A Dutch pensions advisor, Johan de Witt, was severely wounded in a knife attack.
