Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female American governor.
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President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America's first space shuttle.
Louis XV of France survived an attempt on his life from Robert-François Damiens, a lowly domestic servant.
The Great Frost of Europe killed thousands of people.
The first legal divorce of the American colonies was granted to Anne Clarke.
The Ford Motor Company announced that it would begin an eight-hour workday as well as provide a living wage for workers who would receive $5 a day.
