The 9/11 victim compensation fund was extended indefinitely by the US Senate.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
Former US Army Private Chelsea Manning was convicted on 17 espionage charges.
The twenty-second amendment to the US Constitution was ratified.
France became the first country in the world to include access to abortion in its constitution.
The legal age required for voting in the USA was reduced to 18.
