The Washington Post called Lorde a bigot in a full-page ad after she canceled her show in Israel.
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American inventor Ogden Bolton Jr. patented the first electric-powered bicycle.
Roman Emperor Commodus survived an assassination attempt.
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the new capital of Canada.
A blue moon and a lunar eclipse occurred on the same day.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe announced that she would end her 52-year-long reign.
