King Louis XIV of France was coronated.
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The British Museum in London was established after King George II gave his Royal assent to parliament.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
The US and Britain signed the Lyons-Seward Treaty.
The preview of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was shown at the Palace Theater in London.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.
