The Church of Scotland voted in favor of allowing openly gay men and women to be ministers.
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The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope was shown to members of the National Federation of Women's Club.
The Pictish armies of King Bridei Mac Bili won a decisive victory over the armies of Northumbria at the Battle of Dun Nechtain.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.
Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in London.
Quebec held a referendum on whether to begin negotiations with Canada to become independent.
