Janet Reno became the first female to be appointed US Attorney General by President Clinton.
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China lifted the country's ban on literature by Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens.
Koalas were listed as endangered for the first time in Australian history.
Japan was founded by its legendary first emperor, Emperor Jimmu.
Margaret Thatcher became the leader of the British Conservative Party.
A steamboat patent was granted to the American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton.
