Charles Curtis started his six-year term as the first Native American US Senator.
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The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
One of William Shakespeare's most acclaimed plays, ''Romeo & Juliet" was performed for the first time.
Missing Malaysian flight MH370 was announced to have been an accident with no survivors.
Kansas entered the Union, making it the 34th state to join the United States of America.
French President Jacques Chirac announced France's nuclear test program had finished.
