Fruit producer company Dole was founded in Hawaii.
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NASA's UK-6 was launched into space.
Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi applied for the patents for the radio.
The royal coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England took place at Westminster Abbey, London, UK.
Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, signed the first US gay rights bill.
Italians voted to form a republic instead of a monarchy.
