Paris barred women from legally wearing pants.
There were some exceptions, like horse riding and bicycling. The law wasn’t annulled until 2013.
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Hilary Clinton made history when she became the first-ever First Lady to win a seat for the Democrats in the Senate.
President Eisenhower won his second term with the most significant Republican win since Abraham Lincoln's in 1860.
The opera company The Deutsche Opernhaus (now know as Deutsche Oper Berlin) was founded. They opened with a performance of The Deutsche Opernhaus.
John Austin became the last person to be publicly hanged on London's Tyburn Gallows.
The popular Christmas comedy movie, Elf, was released in the USA.
