Queen Elizabeth II personally opened the 23rd parliamentary session in Canada, the first and only time for her.
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The detective novel 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle was published.
American reality show 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' premiered on the E! Network.
Inventor George Eastman patented his 35mm photographic film in the US.
Queen Elizabeth II officially reopened London's Euston Railway Station.
NASA's space probe Magellan burned in the Venus atmosphere.