Michelle Bachelet became the first female president of Chile.
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Queen Elizabeth II knighted Paul McCartney from the Beatles.
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the spread of COVID-19 was now at a Pandemic stage.
The existence of the giant panda became known to the Western world after French Armand David received a giant panda's skin from a hunter.
The Women's College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.
The Spanish Flu received its first case in the US.
