US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
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A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.
An assassination attempt was made against US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Zangara.
