The Chinese child Emperor Pu Yi ascended the Chinese throne at the age of two.
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Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned the Emperor of France in Paris.
Cobb, a film about the baseball player Ty Cobb and starring Tommy Lee Jones premiered.
The first artificial heart was successfully implanted.
Sweden introduced a groundbreaking Freedom of Press Act, becoming the first nation to introduce freedom of speech.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency was formed in the US under Director William Ruckelshaus.
