The US Department of Agriculture was created after being signed into legislation by President Abraham Lincoln.
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Ellen Church became the first female airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight from San Francisco to Chicago.
Alabama passed the Human Life Protection Act, enacting a near-total ban on abortions.
The USSR launched the Sputnik III.
The world's first Mcdonald's opened in San Bernardino, California.
Mickey Mouse appeared in his first cartoon.