This Day In History
- Arts
- 1973 "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" (the artist's 14th studio album) is released, developed from her award-winning live television special.
- Business
- 1903 Maggie L. Walker became both the first African American woman to charter a bank, and the first African American woman to serve as a bank president when the bank she chartered, the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank opened for business in Virginia, U.S.
- Sports
- 1986 Grete Waitz of Norway wins her 8th New York City Marathon in 2:28:06.
- 1986 Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship.
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