New York City passed a law prohibiting women from smoking in public places.
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America's Rocket Lab Electron sent a rocket that uses an electric-filled pump engine into orbit, making it the first of its kind.
King of France, Louis XVI, faced gruesome guillotine execution for high treason.
A meteorite that hit Australia 2.2 billion years ago was announced as Earth's oldest recognized meteorite impact structure.
A medical paper on smallpox was published in Boston, making it the first medical publication in American history.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans who evaded the Vietnam War were pardoned by President Jimmy Carter.
