Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
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Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
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.