Janet Reno became the first female to be appointed US Attorney General by President Clinton.
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The Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.
Argentina canonized its first female saint, Saint María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa.
Margaret Thatcher became the leader of the British Conservative Party.
The BBC broadcast the world's first science fiction television program, an adaptation of the play R.U.R.
Koalas were listed as endangered for the first time in Australian history.
