The Netherlands, becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The legislation had been approved by the Dutch Parliament in late 2000 and allows same-sex couples to marry on the same terms as heterosexual couples. The first same-sex marriages were officiated by the mayor of Amsterdam on this historic date.
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