Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
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The legislation was passed, allowing females to be appointed as bishops of The Church of England.
Writer, explorer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for suspected treason.
The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
Queen Elizabeth I was coronated and re-established the protestant Church of England.
