Kuwait declared its independence from the UK.
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The US Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that required schools to teach creationism.
Benito Mussolini was arrested in Switzerland for a violent strike. He spent two weeks in jail and was deported to Italy.
In Atlanta, Georgia, legislation passed that made pinball machines illegal in the city.
The USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France.
The ten millionth patent, a specialized laser radar, was issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
