Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Iceland was the first western country to legalize abortion.
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The Egyptian government shut down 88% of the internet across the country.
Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen's LEGO plastic bricks.
Michelangelo's famous painting 'Christ of the Woman of Samaria' was sold for a staggering $7.4 million.
The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.