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Brigitte Bardot is directed by her husband Roger Vadim in his first film, And God Created Woman
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space, flying solo in Vostok 6
In The Feminine Mystique US feminist Betty Friedan challenges the stereotypical view of woman's role
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras meet in Jerusalem, in the first such meeting since 1438
The Second Vatican Council issues a decree recognizing the legitimacy and apostolic origins of many of the beliefs and practices of the Greek Orthodox church
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras preside over simultaneous ceremonies, in Rome and Istanbul, revoking the mutual excommunications of 1054
The Second Vatican Council ends, having made some radical changes in the ritual and attitudes of the Roman Catholic church
Pope Paul VI visits the Patriarch Athenagoras in Istanbul, shocking some Catholics that this visit has preceded one by the Patriarch to Rome
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras issue a joint declaration, emphasizing mutual respect for each other's traditions
Nicolae Ceauşescu becomes president of the State Council of Romania
South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard, in Cape Town, transplants the heart of a young woman into a 55-year-old grocer, Louis Washkansky
English novelist John Fowles publishes The French Lieutenant's Woman, set in Lyme Regis in the 1860s
Canadian author Margaret Atwood publishes her first novel, The Edible Woman
Qaboos bin Sa'id seizes the throne from his father, Sultan Sa'id, in a palace coup in Oman
Sally Priesand becomes the first woman in the USA to be ordained a rabbi, and only the second in history
Roe v. Wade establishes in US law that prohibiting abortion violates a woman's right to privacy
A Catholic-Orthodox joint commission acknowledges the long-term aim of re-establishing full communion between the two churches
The Conservative party wins the general election and Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court
A woman is consecrated as Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts, becoming the first female bishop in the Anglican Communion's historic line of succession from St Peter
Nine Roman Catholic cardinals attend the 1000th anniversary celebrations of the Russian people being brought into the Orthodox faith
Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife are captured and executed in a Romanian uprising
Mary Robinson is elected president of the republic of Ireland, the first woman to hold the post
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall
Betty Boothroyd, a Labour MP, becomes the first woman Speaker of Britain's House of Commons
