Lord Dunmore promised freedom to every slave who enlisted into the British Army.
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Hilary Clinton made history when she became the first-ever First Lady to win a seat for the Democrats in the Senate.
Using Johannes Kepler's predictions, French scientist Pierre Gassendi became the first person to witness Mercury's transit between the Earth and the Sun.
John Austin became the last person to be publicly hanged on London's Tyburn Gallows.
The English explorer Verney Cameron became the first European to cross Africa from east to west.
Paris barred women from legally wearing pants.