Canada legally declared women as “persons.”
This day is now celebrated as Persons Day.
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The Outer Space Treaty was signed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons being utilized in space.
California Governor Jerry Brown passed a bill to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill persons.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
The UK Parliament passed the Military Service Act of 1916, introducing conscription in the UK.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which was introduced to stop voting discrimination against minority groups.
