Mahatma Gandhi was released from prison after two years into his six-year sentence.
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A nuclear bomb was lost off the coast of Georgia, US.
The vice president of Google, Susan Wojcicki, became the CEO of YouTube.
The government executed a group of Japanese Catholic Christians (known as the 26 Martyrs) as they were deemed too dangerous to Japan's way of life.
The Comic Relief charity created ''Red Nose Day" in the United Kingdom, and raised £15 million ($19 million).
The House of Commons voted in favor of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.