UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after only 44 days in office, the shortest term in the country’s history.
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American suffragist Alice Paul was sentenced to seven months in prison for obstructing traffic in Washington caused by the Women's Rights march she organized.
The United States ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
Queen Elizabeth II led the Sydney Opera House's grand opening.
The Governor of Kenya declared a state of emergency and began arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
The Return of the King, the third installment in The Lord of the Rings book series by J. R. R. Tolkein, was published.
