Janet Reno became the first female to be appointed US Attorney General by President Clinton.
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A 44 lb lobster was captured off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Nelson Mandela was released from prison after being incarcerated for 27 years in South Africa.
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.
Researchers announced that gravitational waves had been discovered.
