Noah Cushing patented the washing machine in Quebec, Canada.
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Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister in the UK.
World Oceans Day was celebrated for the first time.
New South Wales, Australia, celebrated the first day of homosexuality being legal.
The discovery of the chemical element Neptunium was announced.
The United States Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse to serve Black patrons.
