P.T. Barnum and his circus began touring the United States.
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NASA's UK-6 was launched into space.
Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, signed the first US gay rights bill.
Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi applied for the patents for the radio.
Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.
The Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law.
