George W Bush secured his second term as President of the United States.
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NASA launched the last space probe in the Mariner Program, Mariner 10.
Political activist and French playwright Olympe de Gouges was guillotined.
Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah became the first elected female State Senator in the United States.
Queen Elizabeth II inaugurated the flow of oil from the UK's first-ever oil pipeline.
Emperor Constantius II was baptized on his deathbed hours before passing.