The Senate convened for the first time after the new federal government was set up in the USA.
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France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
A Real IRA car bomb exploded in front of the BBC's headquarters in London, injuring one person.
World tennis champion Martina Navratilova won her 74th match streak.
John Lennon made a controversial statement saying that the Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus.'
The Second Anglo-Dutch War began as England fought the Dutch republic for the control of seas and trade routes.
