World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.
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France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Batman, featuring lead actor Robert Pattinson, hit the box office in 4,217 locations in North America.
A Real IRA car bomb exploded in front of the BBC's headquarters in London, injuring one person.
The Soviet Union's Vega 1 Space Probe began sending back images of Halley's Comet.
