Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
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Mary Queen of Scots received the death sentence from cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
An atomic bomb explosion was aired on TV for the first time.
Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
