French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium.
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Elvis Presley met President Richard Nixon in the White House.
President Coolidge signed a bill authorizing The Boulder Canyon Project Act, which allowed for the construction of what is known today as the Hoover Dam.
The first feature-length silent film comedy, 'Tillie's Punctured Romance,' was released, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, and Charlie Chaplin.
Elton John and his partner David Furnish registered their civil partnership at Windsor Town Hall on the first day civil partnerships could legally be performed in England.
Israel gave control of the city of Bethlehem to Palestine.
