US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
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An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.
The Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of Athens's youth.
Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
