Hilary Clinton made history when she became the first-ever First Lady to win a seat for the Democrats in the Senate.
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The Ensisheim Meteorite – the oldest meteorite with an observed fall – struck the Earth in France.
Lord Dunmore promised freedom to every slave who enlisted into the British Army.
The London Gazette published its first edition under the name The Oxford Gazette.
John Austin became the last person to be publicly hanged on London's Tyburn Gallows.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
