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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Using Johannes Kepler's predictions, French scientist Pierre Gassendi became the first person to witness Mercury's transit between the Earth and the Sun.
President Eisenhower won his second term with the most significant Republican win since Abraham Lincoln's in 1860.
Hilary Clinton made history when she became the first-ever First Lady to win a seat for the Democrats in the Senate.
John Austin became the last person to be publicly hanged on London's Tyburn Gallows.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
