This Day In History
- Aviation and Aeronautics
- 1914 Amalia Celia Figueredo becomes Argentina's first licensed female pilot.
- Science
- 1847 American astronomer Maria Mitchell establishes the orbit of a new comet, commonly known as “Miss Mitchell’s Comet,” which brings her widespread acclaim.
- Sports
- 1988 In winning the final at the Olympic Games in Seoul, German tennis player Steffi Graf achieved what no one else had done before or has done since. Her gold medal came after victories in the Grand Slam tournaments at Melbourne, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and New York, giving rise to a new term: “the Golden Slam”.
- Writing
- 1861 Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day.
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