New South Wales, Australia, celebrated the first day of homosexuality being legal.
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The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
Soviet spacecraft Luna 6, destined for a moon landing, failed after flying right past it.
Two American journalists were sentenced to 12 years of penal labor after illegally entering North Korea.
Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, becoming the first soccer player to do so.
Senator Robert Kennedy was laid to rest.
