The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.
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World Oceans Day was celebrated for the first time.
Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister in the UK.
The United States Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse to serve Black patrons.
A violent eight-month volcano eruption in Iceland started.
The King of France, Louis V, was crowned.
