Diego Velázquez’s painting “The Toilet of Venus” was destroyed by suffragettes at a museum in London.
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Charles I dissolved the Parliament of England, which was the start of the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
The first-ever telephone call was made.
Mildred Gillard became the first woman in US history to be convicted of treason.
Music copyright infringement from Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke led to a record payout of $7.3 million to the family of Marvin Gaye.
American fugitive James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to murdering Martin Luther King Jr.
