The Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.
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Bonnie and Clyde shot two highway patrolmen outside Grapevine, Texas.
The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
Jesus Christ's Last Supper was held.
Canada formed the territory of Nunavut to recognize the traditional lands of their native Inuit people.