New York became the first US court to allow blood test results to be used as evidence.
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NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
Aston Villa's director, William McGregor, formed the English Football League.
America built the first rocket to reach an altitude of 50 miles (80 km).
The Spanish National Assembly officially abolished slavery in Puerto Rico.
Four people died, and at least twenty were injured in a terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament in London.
