Quebec held a referendum on whether to begin negotiations with Canada to become independent.
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The Pictish armies of King Bridei Mac Bili won a decisive victory over the armies of Northumbria at the Battle of Dun Nechtain.
Hard Job Being God, a Broadway musical, closed at the Edison Theater NYC after six performances.
The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope was shown to members of the National Federation of Women's Club.
The chandelier of the Palais Garnier Opera House broke, and its debris fell on a crowd.
The US Air Force Space Command launched the Boeing X-37B spaceplane for a classified mission.
