Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d’état.
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Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, was released as a Netflix Original.
An atomic bomb explosion was aired on TV for the first time.
The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.
NBC-TV premiered ''Late Night with David Letterman."
