Los Angeles Judge approved Caitlyn Jenner to change her name from Bruce and her gender to female.
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Henry Ford changed employees' working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.
China finished building the world's largest radio telescope at 1,640 feet (500 meters) long.
The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal began.
Schools shut down in Singapore due to air pollution from farming practices in Indonesia.
NASA launched the Mars Observer, a space probe designed to study Mars' geology and climate.