Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d'état.
The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
The first reusable spacecraft called ''Space Shuttle Columbia" broke apart when returning to Earth, and all seven astronauts on board died.
House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, was released as a Netflix Original.
Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, founded the 'Biden Foundation.'
