Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Iceland was the first western country to legalize abortion.
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A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen's LEGO plastic bricks.
Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after takeoff, killing all seven crew members.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather won five Golden Globe awards.
The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.
