New South Wales, Australia, celebrated the first day of homosexuality being legal.
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Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England. He was considered the last king of the House of Wessex.
Noah Cushing patented the washing machine in Quebec, Canada.
The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
While rescuing four captives in central Gaza, Israeli soldiers killed 247 Palestinians and injured 698.
The discovery of the chemical element Neptunium was announced.
