France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
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The Northwest Ordinance was enacted; it is considered one of the most important legislative acts that the Confederation Congress of the US passed.
Former US Army Private Chelsea Manning was convicted on 17 espionage charges.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
President Richard Nixon signed the US Endangered Species Act into law.
Canada legally declared women as 'persons.'
