This Day In History
- Activism
- 2003 American activist Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while trying to block demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip.
- Business
- 1900 Birth of economist Eveline Burns, who migrated from England in 1926, helped design the U.S.'s Social Security, served on National Resources Planning Board (1939-43), and wrote “The American Social Security System” (1949), the standard text in this field.
- Crime
- 1994 Figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in Portland, Oregon, to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, avoiding jail but drawing a $100,000 fine.
- Science
- 1846 Birth of physician Rebecca Cole, organization founder, social reformer and the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States (1867).
- Sports
- 1876 Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fought the first female boxing match in New York.
- 1991 In 1991, U.S. skaters Kristi Yamaguchi, Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan swept the World Figure Skating Championships in Munich, Germany.
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