Canada legally declared women as “persons.”
This day is now celebrated as Persons Day.
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Former Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan as suicide bombers attacked her convoy in Karachi.
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley was freed from slavery.
American gangster Al Capone pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
Rocksteady Games released the grittiest Batman game to date, Batman: Arkham City.
The first all-female spacewalk took place.
