US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
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The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
The Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of Athens's youth.
