Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
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The Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of Athens's youth.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.
