The US state of Nevada legalized gambling after previously banning it in 1909.
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The first of 126 nuclear tests started at the Nevada Test Site.
Mass murderer, Stephen Paddock, shot dead 59 people and injured 869 while firing at 22,000 concertgoers in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
The first state execution in the US was performed in the state of Nevada.
Nevada became the first US state with a female-majority legislature, with new appointments taking it to 51%.
Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot four times in Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
