The Church of Scotland voted in favor of allowing openly gay men and women to be ministers.
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Hard Job Being God, a Broadway musical, closed at the Edison Theater NYC after six performances.
Quebec held a referendum on whether to begin negotiations with Canada to become independent.
The US Air Force Space Command launched the Boeing X-37B spaceplane for a classified mission.
Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland.
The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope was shown to members of the National Federation of Women's Club.
