The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ratified changes to the country’s legal code that made women equal to men before the law and no longer subject to their husbands. [Take our quiz about Turkish and Ottoman history.]

Queen Elizabeth II, speaking at the annual ceremonies opening the British Parliament, announced that the right of hereditary peers to vote in the House of Lords would end, though compromise legislation later allowed 92 hereditary peers to remain in the Lords. [Test your knowledge of English royalty.]

A man later known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane shortly after departing from Portland, Oregon, and later parachuted out of the aircraft with the ransom money; despite an extensive manhunt, he was never identified or caught. [Test your knowledge of criminality and famous outlaws.]

Shortly before her death, Anna Sewell published her only novel, Black Beauty, the first major story about an animal in children’s literature. [How much do you know about children’s authors?]

A special state convention in South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of Nullification, which declared two federal tariffs null and void within the state; it sparked the Nullification Crisis, which ended in favour of the federal government. [Test your knowledge of American history and politics.]