Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
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An atomic bomb explosion was aired on TV for the first time.
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d'état.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Mary Queen of Scots received the death sentence from cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
The first scientific hand-held calculators (HP-35) hit the markets with a hefty price tag at $395.
