Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
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The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.