On this day in 1929, Canada’s highest court of appeals determined that women are included in the country’s legal definition of “persons.”

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On this day in 1871, President Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in nine South Carolina counties where KKK activity was rampant.

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On this day in 1892, British author Arthur Conan Doyle published The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of the first 12 stories to feature the famous detective. 

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On this day in 1983, the first commercial cell phone call was made from Soldier Field stadium in Chicago, Illinois.

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On this day in 1984, TV star Jon-Erik Hexum mistakenly shot and killed himself after misfiring a prop gun on the set of his show.

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On this day in 1987, more than 300,000 people took part in the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

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On this day in 1971, after three years of painstaking reconstruction, the London Bridge was reopened in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

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On this day in 1952, Vladimir Putin was born in the Soviet city of Leningrad, now known as St. Petersburg, Russia. 

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On this day in 1889, the world famous Moulin Rouge cabaret held its first performance in Paris. 

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On this day in 1953, the modern incarnation of Narcotics Anonymous held its first recovery meeting in Los Angeles, California.

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