The United States enacts its first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Copyright law of the United States">copyright statute</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1790" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Copyright Act of 1790">Copyright Act of 1790</a>.