Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d’état.
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Voice of America, the US' official external radio and television service, began broadcasting.
Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.
The first reusable spacecraft called ''Space Shuttle Columbia" broke apart when returning to Earth, and all seven astronauts on board died.
NBC-TV premiered ''Late Night with David Letterman."