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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The English explorer Verney Cameron became the first European to cross Africa from east to west.
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.
The Stoughton Musical Society, the oldest musical society in the US, was formed.
The opera company The Deutsche Opernhaus (now know as Deutsche Oper Berlin) was founded. They opened with a performance of The Deutsche Opernhaus.
