A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen’s LEGO plastic bricks.
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Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.
Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women's Tennis.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.
