Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi was removed from power by a military coup d’état.
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The first scientific hand-held calculators (HP-35) hit the markets with a hefty price tag at $395.
An atomic bomb explosion was aired on TV for the first time.
The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
NBC-TV premiered ''Late Night with David Letterman."
Mary Queen of Scots received the death sentence from cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
