This Day In History
- Activism
- 2019 Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change, largely inspired by teen activist Greta Thunberg.
- Journalism
- 1998 CBS’ “60 Minutes” aired an interview with former White House employee Kathleen Willey, who said President Bill Clinton had made unwelcome sexual advances toward her in the Oval Office in 1993, a charge denied by the president.
- Law
- 1985 Antoinette Kennedy became Western Australia's first female Judge of the District Court. In 2004, she would become Western Australia's first female Chief Judge of the District Court.
- 2005 Shan Tennent became Tasmania's first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- Sports
- 1927 The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
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