Lord Dunmore promised freedom to every slave who enlisted into the British Army.
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New York City elected its first African American Mayor, David Dinkins.
The London Gazette published its first edition under the name The Oxford Gazette.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
The popular Christmas comedy movie, Elf, was released in the USA.
President Eisenhower won his second term with the most significant Republican win since Abraham Lincoln's in 1860.
