Suffragette Susan B. Anthony was arrested in New York State for illegally voting in the presidential race.
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NASA's MAVEN space probe was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
An American 26-year-old, John Allen Chau, was killed by natives living on the forbidden Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal.
Push-button telephones were made available to the general public for the first time.
The UK's repealed anti-gay amendment, Section 28, came to a complete end in the UK.
The movie 'Malcolm X,' starring Denzel Washington, was released in the US.
