French Taubira law officially recognized the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
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The Scopes Monkey Trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee.
The Statute of Anne became the UK's first copyright law.
China increased its one-child policy to two children per family.
The Treaty of Florence was signed, which ended the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
The United States ratified the 14th Amendment to allow former slaves citizenship in the US.