France voted against ratifying the proposed Constitution of the European Union.
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Black women's rights activist Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech 'Ain't I A Woman?' at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
Transgender became no longer classified as a mental health illness by the World Health Organization.
Wisconsin became the 30th state to join the United States of America.
Jan Matzeliger gave a public demonstration about his shoe-producing invention in Lynn, Massachusetts.
The people of Los Angeles elected Tom Bradley as their first Black mayor.
