The United States Coast Guard was formed by an act passed by the US Congress.
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Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.
Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women's Tennis.
A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen's LEGO plastic bricks.
Honeybees stung Johannes Relleke a world record 2,443 times in Zimbabwe.
