Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
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The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
Great Britain ditched their Pence and Shillings currency values for decimal varieties.
Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.
