The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.
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An atomic bomb explosion was aired on TV for the first time.
House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, was released as a Netflix Original.
Mary Queen of Scots received the death sentence from cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
