Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women’s Tennis.
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Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather won five Golden Globe awards.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.
The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.