Wisconsin became the 30th state to join the United States of America.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
Philip VI was coronated and became King of France.
Transgender became no longer classified as a mental health illness by the World Health Organization.
Jan Matzeliger gave a public demonstration about his shoe-producing invention in Lynn, Massachusetts.
The people of Los Angeles elected Tom Bradley as their first Black mayor.