Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Iceland was the first western country to legalize abortion.
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The United States Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
The Statute of Anne became the UK's first copyright law.
California Governor Jerry Brown passed a bill to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill persons.
The United States Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse to serve Black patrons.
The US Supreme Court ruled interracial marriage legal.
