Ellen Church became the first female airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight from San Francisco to Chicago.
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The Moscow Metro was opened to the public.
Alabama passed the Human Life Protection Act, enacting a near-total ban on abortions.
The US Department of Agriculture was created after being signed into legislation by President Abraham Lincoln.
The British Legion was formed to take care of veterans by giving financial, social, and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces.
Magnus Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin.