Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
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America's second president John Adams was inaugurated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A Real IRA car bomb exploded in front of the BBC's headquarters in London, injuring one person.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.
France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
