America’s second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Batman, featuring lead actor Robert Pattinson, hit the box office in 4,217 locations in North America.
France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
The Second Anglo-Dutch War began as England fought the Dutch republic for the control of seas and trade routes.
