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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New York City elected its first African American Mayor, David Dinkins.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
The Ensisheim Meteorite – the oldest meteorite with an observed fall – struck the Earth in France.
The Stoughton Musical Society, the oldest musical society in the US, was formed.
Lord Dunmore promised freedom to every slave who enlisted into the British Army.
