Boris Yeltsin resigned as the President of Russia, which left Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting President.
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Barbra Streisand performed her first live public concert in 20 years.
The Washington Post called Lorde a bigot in a full-page ad after she canceled her show in Israel.
American inventor Ogden Bolton Jr. patented the first electric-powered bicycle.
Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Caesar's Palace Fountain.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe announced that she would end her 52-year-long reign.
