Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d’état.
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The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir were assassinated in Lisbon.
