A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
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Maryland passed its first anti-amalgamation law.
The US military policy 'don't ask, don't tell' came to an end.
NASA's 50th space shuttle mission, STS-47, landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
An African American man, Keith Lamont Scott, was shot dead by police on Old Concord Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne released his first solo album, 'Blizzard of Ozz.'
