The White House opened its first indoor swimming pool.
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Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.
Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi applied for the patents for the radio.
Fruit producer company Dole was founded in Hawaii.
P.T. Barnum and his circus began touring the United States.
The European Space Agency launched its 'Mars Express,' the first planetary mission in Europe.
