Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
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The Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of Athens's youth.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
Great Britain ditched their Pence and Shillings currency values for decimal varieties.
An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.
