Construction of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco began.
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King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.
Austrian newspaper called 'Die Presse' released Willhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays.
President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America's first space shuttle.
Louis XV of France survived an attempt on his life from Robert-François Damiens, a lowly domestic servant.
The first legal divorce of the American colonies was granted to Anne Clarke.
